A Bill to make provision for establishing an independent public inquiry into data breaches by the Ministry of Defence and other public bodies relating to applicants to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme and Afghanistan Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme; to provide the inquiry with the power to question Ministers, former Ministers, officials and other relevant persons about the circumstances surrounding such breaches, including action taken in response to the breaches and decisions taken by the Government in relation to legal proceedings in respect of the breaches; to require the inquiry to report within one year of its establishment; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
James MacClearyLiberal Democrat
30 April 2026
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This bill would set up an independent public inquiry to examine data breaches by the Ministry of Defence and other public bodies relating to applicants to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme (ARAP) and the Afghanistan Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme. The inquiry would have power to question current and former ministers, officials and other relevant people about the circumstances of the breaches, including actions taken in response and government decisions on any legal proceedings, and it must report within one year of its establishment.
The bill has completed the first reading (on 17 December 2025) and is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons.
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17 Dec 2025
The 2024-2026 session of Parliament has come to an end so the House of Commons is now prorogued until the next session begins on 13 May 2026. Prorogation is the formal end to the parliamentary year.
This Bill will therefore make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
