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
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This Bill would create an Office of the Whistleblower to protect people who report concerns and to promote whistleblowing in the public interest. It would also introduce new offences for mistreating whistleblowers and for mishandling whistleblowing cases, and it would repeal the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.
The Bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the Lords (2 December 2022). It originated in the Lords and has not yet advanced to Committee stage or the House of Commons.
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13 Jun 2022
2 Dec 2022
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
