Information between 19th January 2024 - 15th October 2026
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22 Apr 2025, 3:12 p.m. - House of Lords "is the public authority accountability bill that received a first reading with cross-party support in 2017. They worry that " Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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2 Jul 2025, 2:01 p.m. - House of Commons ">> Public authority >> Public authority accountability bill. " Ian Byrne MP (Liverpool West Derby, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Jul 2025, 2:37 p.m. - House of Commons "October. >> Public authority accountability bill Second Reading. >> Objection taken Second Reading " Remaining Orders of the Day - View Video - View Transcript |
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Friday 11th July 2025 Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Private Members' Bills - Main Chamber Subject: Public Authority (Accountability) Bill: Second Reading Public Authority (Accountability) Bill 2024-26 View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Third sitting)
116 speeches (19,021 words) Committee stage: 3rd sitting Tuesday 2nd December 2025 - Public Bill Committees Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) I just do not feel that goes far enough.The original 2017 Public Authority (Accountability) Bill dealt - Link to Speech |
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1994 RAF Chinook Crash
50 speeches (12,225 words) Wednesday 26th November 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab - North East Derbyshire) That is the message at the heart of the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill, which I am pleased to - Link to Speech 2: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab - North East Derbyshire) He made an important point about the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill. - Link to Speech |
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Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rights
75 speeches (9,440 words) Wednesday 5th November 2025 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Cat Eccles (Lab - Stourbridge) justice for the Hillsborough victims and were able to present the Hillsborough law, the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill - Link to Speech |
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Public Office (Accountability) Bill
176 speeches (41,991 words) 2nd reading Monday 3rd November 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Maria Eagle (Lab - Liverpool Garston) I was a sponsor of the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill, introduced in 2017 by Andy Burnham, which - Link to Speech |
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Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved Families
87 speeches (14,309 words) Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Westminster Hall Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) of sheer desperation at the situation, in July I used a private Member’s Bill, the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill - Link to Speech 2: Gill Furniss (Lab - Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough) progress on that commitment.To me, our manifesto pledge was a clear commitment to the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill - Link to Speech |
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Public Authority (Accountability)
2 speeches (1,630 words) Wednesday 2nd July 2025 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: Ian Byrne (Lab - Liverpool West Derby) the Hillsborough Law Now campaign, I am proud to reintroduce this legislation, the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill - Link to Speech |
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Business of the House
122 speeches (11,854 words) Thursday 12th June 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Clive Efford (Lab - Eltham and Chislehurst) Friend tell the House when we are likely to see the public authority accountability Bill, which will - Link to Speech |
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“Hillsborough Law”
21 speeches (1,568 words) Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) As far as the families are concerned, the Hillsborough law is the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill - Link to Speech |
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Victims and Prisoners Bill
100 speeches (30,222 words) Committee stage Monday 26th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) This is, if I may say so, a modified version of the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill that was previously - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 24th April 2024
Written Evidence - Care Right Now CIC NHL0021 - NHS leadership, performance and patient safety NHS leadership, performance and patient safety - Health and Social Care Committee Found: The Public Authority (Accountability) Bill drawn up in the aftermath of the Hillsborough Independent |
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Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Written Evidence - INQUEST Charitable Trust STI0013 - Statutory Inquiries Statutory Inquiries - Statutory Inquiries Committee Found: , INQUEST has long called for the establishment of Hillsborough Law, or the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Written Evidence - Garden Court North Chambers STI0014 - Statutory Inquiries Statutory Inquiries - Statutory Inquiries Committee Found: to and including the Supreme Court. 6.I was one of the lawyers who drafted the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Written Evidence - DWF STI0006 - Statutory Inquiries Statutory Inquiries - Statutory Inquiries Committee Found: director of Hillsborough Law Now, has said that: “Only the full reintroduction of the Public Authority [Accountability] Bill |
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Monday 22nd April 2024
Written Evidence - Garden Court North Chambers HBL0002 - Hillsborough Law Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: on Human Rights, following 19 July 2023 session on Duty of Candour and the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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Monday 22nd April 2024
Written Evidence - Garden Court North Chambers HBL0001 - Hillsborough Law Human Rights (Joint Committee) Found: MORRIS KC (HBL0001) Further evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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Wednesday 24th January 2024
Written Evidence - INQUEST TCS0039 - The Coroner Service: follow-up The Coroner Service: follow-up - Justice Committee Found: for the police and called for the government to consider Hillsborough Law (the Public Authority Accountability Bill |
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Public Authority (Accountability) Bill
Asked by: Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire) Monday 13th October 2025 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of clause 3(2)(a) of the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill on freedom of speech. Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds The Public Office (Accountability) Bill - known as the ‘Hillsborough Law’ - was introduced in Parliament on 16 September 2025. The Bill includes a new offence of misleading the public. It applies where a public authority or public official acts with the intention of misleading the public (or is reckless as to that possibility) and they know, or ought to know, that their act is seriously improper. This offence has been designed with Hillsborough at the front of mind and is intended to capture the most serious instances of public officials or authorities misleading the public.
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Public Office (Accountability) Bill: HL Bill 42 of 2026–27 - LLN-2026-0048
Aug. 26 2026 Found: The Public Authority (Accountability) Bill 2016–17 included a code of ethics requirement for public |
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Public Office (Accountability) Bill 2024-26 - CBP-10359
Oct. 13 2025 Found: background 9 2.1 Hillsborough disaster 10 Hillsborough Independent Panel 11 2.2 Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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Debate on the duty of candour for public authorities and legal representation for bereaved families - CDP-2025-0171
Aug. 04 2025 Found: The Hillsborough Law Now campaign published a draft bill (the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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Wednesday 9th July Government policy on the Hillsborough Law 83 signatures (Most recent: 4 Sep 2025)Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniversary of the disaster on 15 April 2025; deeply regrets that this commitment was not met and that the Government has yet to table the legislation; expresses grave concern at reports that … |
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Public Authority (Accountability) Bill 2024-26
Presented by Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) Private Members' Bill - Ten Minute Bill A Bill to set a requirement on public institutions, public servants and officials and on those carrying out functions on their behalf to act in the public interest and with candour and frankness; to define the public law duty on them to assist courts, official inquiries and investigations; to enable victims to enforce such duties; to create offences for the breach of certain duties; to provide funding for victims and their relatives in certain proceedings before the courts and at official inquiries and investigations; and for connected purposes;
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Sep. 16 2025
Bill 306 EN 2024-26 - large print Public Office (Accountability) Bill 2024-26 Explanatory Notes Found: In parallel with Bishop James’ work - and responding to the same issues - the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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Sep. 16 2025
Bill 306 EN 2024-26 Public Office (Accountability) Bill 2024-26 Explanatory Notes Found: In parallel with Bishop James’ work - and responding to the same issues - the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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Sep. 16 2025
Impact Assessment - “Duty of Candour” provisions Public Office (Accountability) Bill 2024-26 Impact Assessments Found: In parallel with Bishop James’ work - and responding to the same issues - the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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Jul. 09 2025
Bill 280 2024-25 (as introduced) Public Authority (Accountability) Bill 2024-26 Bill Found: Public Authority (Accountability) Bill [AS INTRODUCED] CONTENTS 1 Duties on public authorities, public |
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Wednesday 21st October 2026
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Hillsborough Law Bill Document: (PDF) Found: Public Authority (Accountability) Bill Factsheet: Duty of Candour measures Background |
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Wednesday 21st October 2026
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Hillsborough Law Bill Document: (PDF) Found: In parallel with Bishop James’ work - and responding to the same issues - the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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Wednesday 21st October 2026
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Hillsborough Law Bill Document: (PDF) Found: In parallel with Bishop James’ work - and responding to the same issues - the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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PDF - Elkan Abrahamson Inquiry: Individual Member Accountability: Deliberate deception Found: The Bill (formal title: The Public Authority (Accountability) Bill) is now under consideration. |
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PDF - Full Fact Inquiry: Individual Member Accountability: Deliberate deception Found: Full Fact’s position on the draft Public Authority (Accountability) Bill, currently making itspassage |
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PDF - Transparency International UK Inquiry: Individual Member Accountability: Deliberate deception Found: The Public Authority (Accountability) Bill and a duty of candour As you will be aware, the Public |
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PDF - Legislative Consent Memorandum Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Public Office (Accountability) Bill Found: the Hillsborough families and in parallel, and responding to the same issues, the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill |
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2. Inquiry into Individual Member Accountability: Evidence Session 17
Monday 25th November 2024 Mentions: 1: Adam Price (Plaid Cymru - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) Tom and, I'm sure, everyone here will have come across the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill, often - Link to Speech |
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2. Questions to the Counsel General
Tuesday 25th June 2024 Mentions: 1: Adam Price (Plaid Cymru - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) I actually was quoting directly from the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill that was passed on Second - Link to Speech |
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2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Wednesday 4th May 2022 Mentions: 1: Mick Antoniw (Welsh Labour - Pontypridd) reminding what the Hillsborough law actually is, under, I suppose, the name of the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill - Link to Speech |