A Bill to provide for a consultation on the introduction of a Duty to Plan requiring Category 1 responders to plan for terrorist threats and requiring 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
House of Lords
5 May 2021
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This Bill would ask the government to run a consultation on creating a legal Duty to Plan for terrorism. It would also require those responsible for places open to the public to consider how vulnerable those places could be to an attack and take steps to reduce that risk, with duties aimed at Category 1 responders.
The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the Lords. It began in the Lords with a first reading in February 2020 and would progress through the Lords and then to the Commons if continued.
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3 Feb 2020
First reading took place on 3 February. 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 2019-2021 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
