The second debate prompted by an e-petition is to be held in the House of Commons on 17 October 2011 on the release of documents on the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster.

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The government has been ordered to make public documents revealing discussions which the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher held about the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster, where 96 Liverpool fans were killed and for which the police were later blamed.

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At Mr Lansley's weekly Commons question session, Natascha Engel, the Labour MP and chair of the backbench business committee, welcomed the new threshold, highlighting the "important" role e-petitions had played in helping campaigners uncover the truth about the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster.

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