Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill [HL]

Key Points

• Aims to raise the age of criminal responsibility (the minimum age at which someone can be charged with a crime).
• Originated in the Lords and has progressed through several stages before moving to the Commons.
• In the Lords, an Order of Commitment was discharged in 2018 and the bill reached a Lords 3rd reading in 2019.
• Policy area listed as technology in official documents.
• Official documents include two Bills and one Library Note.

Progress

The bill began in the Lords and has reached the Commons for consideration; it is currently at the Commons' second reading after the Lords stages, with earlier proceedings including a discharge of the Order of Commitment and a Lords 3rd reading.