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| 'Secret inquests' plans dropped | 'Secret inquests' plans dropped |
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| Ministers have dropped plans which would have allowed them to order inquests to be held in private. | Ministers have dropped plans which would have allowed them to order inquests to be held in private. |
| The counter-terrorism bill clause would have allowed ministers to remove juries - and relatives and the public - from hearings on national security grounds. | The counter-terrorism bill clause would have allowed ministers to remove juries - and relatives and the public - from hearings on national security grounds. |
| The change was intended to stop sensitive information, such as details of phone-taps, becoming known. | The change was intended to stop sensitive information, such as details of phone-taps, becoming known. |
| Opposition parties say it is the second government climbdown on the terror bill after 42-day detention was dropped. | Opposition parties say it is the second government climbdown on the terror bill after 42-day detention was dropped. |
| Ministers had argued that the inquest powers would be used selectively and that the majority of inquests would still have taken place in public. | Ministers had argued that the inquest powers would be used selectively and that the majority of inquests would still have taken place in public. |
| But opposition parties and civil liberties campaigners said the reforms would set a dangerous precedent. | But opposition parties and civil liberties campaigners said the reforms would set a dangerous precedent. |
| Pressure group Inquest welcomed the decision saying the measure had been put forward without consultation and would have reduced public scrutiny of the legal system. | |
| BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the Home Office had not completely dropped the measure and planned to include it in a "forthcoming" bill on wider coroners reforms. |