To give a statutory pardon to Alan Mathison Turing for offences under section 11of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 of which he was convicted on 31 March 1952.
House of Lords
30 April 2013
The Alan Turing (Statutory Pardon) Bill would grant a statutory pardon to Alan Turing for offences under section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, relating to his 1952 conviction. It provides formal forgiveness for that historic offence and recognises the injustice of past laws affecting gay people. The bill is being considered in the Lords and is currently at the 2nd reading.
The bill is currently at the 2nd reading in the Lords. If it progresses, it would move to later stages (Committee, Report, and potentially to the Commons).
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