A Bill to establish an independent Office of the Whistleblower to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing in accordance with the public interest; to make provision for the Office of the Whistleblower to set, monitor and enforce standards for the management of whistleblowing cases, to provide disclosure and advice services, to direct whistleblowing investigations and to order redress of detriment suffered by whistleblowers; to create offences relating to the treatment of whistleblowers and the handling of whistleblowing cases; to repeal the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
3 May 2022
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The Whistleblowing Bill would create an independent Office of the Whistleblower to protect people who report wrongdoing and set standards for how whistleblowing cases are handled. It would provide guidance, direct investigations where needed, and order redress for detriment suffered, while creating offences for mistreating whistleblowers. It would also repeal the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
The bill has completed its first reading and is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons; after this it would move to committee stage for detailed scrutiny, then on to further stages before becoming law.
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26 Apr 2022
6 May 2022
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
