A Bill to provide for consultation on the introduction of a Duty to Plan to require Category 1 responders to plan for terrorist threats and require those responsible for places to which the public have access to consider the vulnerability of those places to attack and take measures to mitigate any such vulnerability; and for connected purposes.
House of Lords
8 November 2019
This bill would set out a plan to consult on introducing a legal duty for Category 1 responders to plan for terrorism and for those responsible for places open to the public to consider how vulnerable those places are to attacks and to take steps to reduce that vulnerability. It is not imposing these duties yet; instead, it seeks public and parliamentary views on whether such a duty should be created and what it should cover.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading in the Lords, meaning it is in the early stages and has not yet been scrutinised in detail or moved to a committee stage. It would still need to pass through the Lords and then the Commons to become law.
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First reading took place on 24 October. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2017-19 Parliament dissolved at the end of the 2019 Session and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
