Postpone Norman Bettison's retirement

As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response:

We take the findings of the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s Report extremely seriously and welcome the IPCC’s announcement of a wide-ranging investigation into the referrals that they have received in relation to former and serving officers involved in events surrounding the Hillsborough disaster.

Those referrals for investigation, for both criminality and misconduct, include referrals in relation to Norman Bettison. We have already said that we will ensure that the IPCC has both the resource and powers that it requires to undertake the investigations necessary. We now need to let the IPCC undertake the investigation and must await their findings


This e-petition remains open to signatures and will be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100 000 signature threshold.