Manchester Arena bombing inquiry: Retired police chief reveals initial Home Office resistance to 'Martyn's Law'
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukhereBut he said that when he first 'started to broach' the need for new protective counter-terror legislation 'it became clear that the door to conversation was closed'.Mr Aldworth said in the statement he was 'badgering' the Home Office - and said he was even 'banned' from using the term 'Protect Duty'.He said in the statement: "While the phrase [banned] was used lightheartedly, its application was real."It became clear that our persistence had gone beyond the point of tolerance and that a level higher than director had decided that there would be no further consideration of the matter."I do believe that my civil service colleagues were as interested in a Protect Duty as we in policing were, but they were being prevented from progressing.
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