MPs call for Hillsborough-style independent inquiry into claims of a government cover-up into seven-year-old Zane Gbangbola’s death

MPs are calling for a Hillbsorough-style independent panel inquiry into allegations of an alleged government cover-up of the toxic death of a seven-year-old schoolboy during floods a decade ago.

Little Zane Gbangbola died when his home in Surrey was flooded with water allegedly containing hydrogen cyanide from a nearby former landfill.

The Mail on Sunday has highlighted the decade-long crusade by Zane’s parents, Kye Gbangbola, 57, and Nicole Lawler, 46, to uncover the truth about the tragedy.

Now Labor MP Ian Byrne has tabled a motion in Parliament calling on Rishi Sunak to order an inquiry with full powers to force government agencies to release all information about Zane’s death – similar to the inquiry into the Hillsborough football tragedy.

Zane’s father Kye was left paralyzed in the same incident and was found unconscious just six meters away from his son’s body.

MPs call for inquiry into claims of alleged government cover-up of seven-year-old schoolboy’s toxic death in floods a decade ago

Gas detection kits carried by firefighters at the scene raised the alarm for hydrogen cyanide on the property and neighbors were evacuated.

Zane’s death was discussed at an emergency Cobra meeting in Whitehall later that day.

But a coroner’s inquest later concluded that Zane’s death was due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

Coroner Richard Travers said fumes from a petrol pump hired by Zane’s parents to clean water from their home were to blame.

But they have long maintained that the pump was never turned on and the accusation was an attempt to ‘discredit’ them.

The Mail on Sunday has highlighted the decade-long crusade by Zane’s parents, Kye Gbangbola, 57, and Nicole Lawler, 46, to uncover the truth about the tragedy

The family home in Chertsey, Surrey – where Mr Gbangbola and Ms Lawler still live – flooded again last month during Storm Henk.

Last night Mr Gbangbola said: ‘Zane is just a little boy – just a number to the rest of the world – but to us he is the world.

‘We may have fought for a decade, but we will fight for the rest of our lives to expose the lies that dishonor him.

‘The Early Day Motion is another step forward for our beautiful son to rest in eternal peace.’

Sir. Byrne said Zane’s sad case demonstrated the need for a ‘Hillsborough Law’ – named after the struggle of families of the 97 victims of the Sheffield football tragedy.

It would create a legal duty on public authorities to tell the truth and co-operate with official investigations and give bereaved families public funds to pay for legal representation at inquests – something which Mr Byrne claims was denied to Zane’s family.