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Bill Introduced 5 Feb 2020 ↗ Parliament

Public Interest Disclosure (Protection) Bill

A Bill to provide protections for whistleblowers; to create offences relating to the treatment of whistleblowers and the handling of whistleblowing cases; to establish an independent body to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing, in accordance with the public interest; to make provision for that body to set, monitor and enforce standards for the management of whistleblowing cases, to provide disclosure and advice services, to direct whistleblowing investigations and to order redress of detriment suffered by whistleblowers; to repeal the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998; and for connected purposes.

Legislative progress

Commons 5 Feb 2020
1st reading
Commons 25 Sep 2020
2nd reading
Commons
Committee stage