Rehabilitation of Offenders Bill [HL]

Key Points

• The Bill amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 to change rules about how criminal records are treated and when they must be disclosed.
• It addresses related reforms described as 'connected purposes', potentially affecting employment, licensing and other decisions that rely on a person’s criminal history.
• The measure is a Lords-only bill (HL) and has so far progressed to the 2nd Reading in the Lords, with the first reading having taken place in 2015.
• The bill's origin is the Lords; its official documents consist of 1 Bill.

Progress

The Bill is currently at the Lords' second reading; the first reading took place on 11 June 2015. No further parliamentary stages have been reached in this session yet.