A Bill to create an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation in respect of the alleged commission of an offence; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Sir Christopher ChopeConservative
14 November 2023
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This Bill would make it an offence to disclose the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation into an alleged offence. It aims to protect the anonymity of suspects during investigations and includes related provisions under the title for connected purposes.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons. It has had two recorded second readings so far and has not progressed to later stages in the provided records.
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The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
