Public Bodies: Disclosure of Information

(asked on 31st March 2025) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation to provide for a duty of candour for public bodies.


Answered by
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent Portrait
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
This question was answered on 11th April 2025

The Government has committed to implement a ‘Hillsborough Law’ which will place a legal duty of candour on public servants and authorities. The details of this Bill will be announced in due course.

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