Bills / Public Office (Accountability) Bill

Stages

1. Report stage · Lords

Amendments (9)

9 not yet decided. Source: UK Parliament Bills API (Open Parliament Licence).

1. Amendment hol147 on Parliament's site

   Not yet decided

   Report stage · Lords · first seen 3 Nov 2026

   Tabled by Lord Young of Acton (Conservative)

   Clause 12, page 13, line 20, at end insert— “(3A) An act is not seriously improper for the purposes of this section if it consists of—

2. Amendment hol148 on Parliament's site

   Not yet decided

   Report stage · Lords · first seen 3 Nov 2026

   Tabled by Lord Young of Acton (Conservative)

   Clause 1, page 2, line 11, at end insert— “(3) Subsection (1) sets out the purpose of this Act for the purpose only of interpreting the duties imposed, and offences created, by Parts 2 to 4, and does not of itself—

3. Amendment hol149 on Parliament's site

   Not yet decided

   Report stage · Lords · first seen 5 Nov 2026

   Tabled by Baroness Deech (Crossbench) and 2 others

   After Clause 20, insert the following new Clause— “Disclosure of criminal convictions and integrity declarations by Ministers

4. Amendment hol151 on Parliament's site

   Not yet decided

   Report stage · Lords · first seen 5 Nov 2026

   Tabled by Lord Carlile of Berriew (Crossbench)

   Clause 3, page 4, line 4, at end insert— “(aa) applies notwithstanding that compliance with the duty may involve the disclosure of information which tends to expose the person making the disclosure to criminal…

5. Amendment hol152 on Parliament's site

   Not yet decided

   Report stage · Lords · first seen 5 Nov 2026

   Tabled by Lord Carlile of Berriew (Crossbench)

   Clause 3, page 4, line 6, at end insert— “(8) A person subject to the duty of candour shall not be entitled, by reason only of the privilege against self-incrimination, to withhold any information required to be…

6. Amendment hol153 on Parliament's site

   Not yet decided

   Report stage · Lords · first seen 5 Nov 2026

   Tabled by Lord Anderson of Ipswich (Crossbench)

   Clause 12, page 13, line 14, leave out “(whether by means of falsehood, concealment, obfuscation or otherwise)”

7. Amendment hol154 on Parliament's site

   Not yet decided

   Report stage · Lords · first seen 5 Nov 2026

   Tabled by Lord Anderson of Ipswich (Crossbench)

   Clause 12, page 13, line 15, leave out “obfuscation”

8. Amendment hol155 on Parliament's site

   Not yet decided

   Report stage · Lords · first seen 5 Nov 2026

   Tabled by Lord Anderson of Ipswich (Crossbench)

   Clause 13, page 15, leave out line 21 and insert “prove that the conduct was, in all the circumstances, in the public interest.”

9. Amendment hol156 on Parliament's site

   Not yet decided

   Report stage · Lords · first seen 5 Nov 2026

   Tabled by Lord Anderson of Ipswich (Crossbench)

   Clause 13, page 15, line 22, leave out subsection (6)

Latest mentions in Hansard

1. Debate 21 Oct 2026 · Lords

   Public Office (Accountability) Bill

2. Debate 19 Oct 2026 · Lords

   Public Office (Accountability) Bill

3. Debate 19 Oct 2026 · Lords

   Public Office (Accountability) Bill

4. Debate 12 Oct 2026 · Lords

   Public Office (Accountability) Bill

5. Debate 1 Sept 2026 · Lords

   Public Office (Accountability) Bill

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