BBC News, Liverpool
The father of a teenager who died after falling from the open roof of a building, says he feels a step close to a law that can prevent “easily stopped tragedies”.
The 15-year-old Gabriel Center fell in 2020 for his death from a multi-storey car-park on Hanover Street, Liverpool City Center.
His father is campaigning for the law known as Johnny Center Gab’s law, which will see an increase of up to 2.7 meters in the minimum height of obstacles at the top of car parks, which is above the current minimum 1.1 m.
They told BBC Radio Mercesis He is confident that the issue is being taken seriously after the government met the security minister Alex Noris MP.
Gabriel, who was known for his love of skateboarding, died on 3 October 2020 after spending time with his friends at the city center.
The following year an open decision was lodged in an inquiry when a coroner heard no evidence to confirm that Gabriel, who was alone at the time, came to fall from the building.
Mr. Center first told the BBC: “When I went to the car park, I was deeply surprised and the barrier was sad to see Gabriel’s height, in fact the hip-hit.”
The Bill, a Bill, a Bill, was first proposed in Parliament for Liverpool Garston, a Bill called Bill, a Bill called Bill, Liverpool Garrston, Maria Eagle, Labor MP, Mr. Center.
At that time he said that there was a lack of official data, the newspaper report was discovered At least 17 deaths due to falling from multi-storey car parks In England in 2022.
This bill was going to move forward, but its future was not clear after the general election in July last July.
However, the Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper on Wednesday confirmed that the government would look into the contents of the bill and issue a call for the evidence.
Mr. Center said: “Here we are in 2025, and the people of my own city are still dying of these decline deaths, this tragedy from car parks that can be stopped so easily, only by implementing the law we are asking.
“It really is that simple.”
Mr. Center said that he was confident that after meeting Mr. Noris, the bill was “being taken very seriously at the highest level of the government”.
He also called other families, who have lost loved ones in the same way to get in touch.
“This is a no-brother as far as I have a question, and it will be for everyone who keeps an eye on the issue,” he said.
“We are not asking anything other than keeping the weakest members of our communities by making some very underdeveloped changes in the current law.”