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Memorial marking the graves of children killed in the disaster

The Tribunal of Inquiry into the Aberfan Disaster (the Aberfan Disaster Tribunal), chaired by Lord Justice Edmund Davies, was established in 1966 to inquire into the causes of and circumstances of the Aberfan disaster. The report of the tribunal placed the blame for the disaster on the National Coal Board (NCB), naming nine of its staff as having some degree of responsibility.

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Aberfan Disaster Tribunal

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The Tribunal of Inquiry into the Aberfan Disaster (the Aberfan Disaster Tribunal), chaired by Lord Justice Edmund Davies, was established in 1966 to inquire...

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Aberfan disaster

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The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh...

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Aberfan

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known for the Aberfan disaster, when a colliery spoil tip collapsed into homes and a school, killing 116 children and 28 adults. Aberfan is situated toward...

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Geoffrey Howe

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election. Howe returned to the bar. He participated in the 1966 Aberfan Disaster Tribunal, representing the colliery managers. He sat as deputy chairman...

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Mountain Ash Comprehensive School

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Aberpennar (1906–1992), law lord (senior judge), chairman of the Aberfan Disaster Tribunal Les Manfield (1915–2006), Welsh Rugby Union international, later...

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List of public inquiries in the United Kingdom

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however most are now held under the Inquiries Act 2005 which repealed the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921. This list excludes Public Local Inquiries...

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1966 in Wales

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Office appoints the Aberfan Disaster Tribunal, chaired by Edmund Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies, to investigate the causes of the disaster. 27 October – Almost...

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Harold Harding

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feasibility of construction of a Channel Tunnel and sat on the tribunal investigating the Aberfan disaster of 1966. Harding was elected president of the Institution...

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Regulatory capture

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a 2000 study of the Aberfan disaster, observed that Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Mines went largely unchallenged by the tribunal, although the two consider...

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Tasker Watkins

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September 2023. Aberfan Disaster Archive – Witnesses examined by each Counsel at Tribunal of Inquiry Nuffield Library, Oxford "Aberfan: It needn't have...

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Alun Talfan Davies

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December 2000. p. 19. "Witnesses examined by each Counsel at Tribunal of Inquiry". Aberfan Disaster Archive. Retrieved 16 September 2016. "Welsh Judge". The...

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October 1966

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of State for Wales appointed a tribunal to inquire into the causes of and circumstances relating to the Aberfan disaster, chaired by Lord Justice Edmund...

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Barbara Robb

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as at Aberfan in 1966). Some committees ignored, or were unaware of, current guidance about NHS complaints management. The Council on Tribunals, the public...

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2017 Birthday Honours

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Yorkshire. The Reverend June Vaughan. For services to the community in Aberfan, Young People and the Red Cross. Norman Veitch. For services to Glassblowing...

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1969 Birthday Honours

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Interpreter for Board of Trade. Thomas Lewis. For services to the community in Aberfan. Jeanie Walton Little, Senior Assistant, Occupational Centre, Wellpark...

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