A Bill to mandate those providing and carrying out regulated or other activities with responsibility for the care of children to report known and suspected child sexual abuse; to protect mandated reporters from detriment; to create a criminal offence of failing to report prescribed concerns; and for connected purposes
House of Lords
31 October 2023
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The Bill would make it a requirement for people who run or provide regulated activities for children to report known or suspected child sexual abuse. It would also protect reporters from detriment and create a criminal offence for failing to report prescribed concerns. In short, it aims to strengthen safeguarding for children in regulated activities and other related care settings.
The Bill is at the First Reading stage in the Lords (recorded on 20 July 2022). There are no recorded further stages in the provided notes.
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20 Jul 2022
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
