A Bill to establish an Office of the Whistleblower to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing and to uphold the public interest in relation to whistleblowing; 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 Lords
31 October 2023
The Protection for Whistleblowing Bill would create an independent Office of the Whistleblower to support people who raise concerns at work and protect them from retaliation. It would introduce new offences for mistreating whistleblowers and for mishandling whistleblowing cases, and it would repeal the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. It also aims to strengthen protections and the public interest in whistleblowing.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the Lords, meaning it is in the early stages of passage and will undergo further scrutiny in committee and subsequent readings.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
