This bill creates a new Office of the Whistleblower to protect people who report wrongdoing and sets criminal penalties for mistreating whistleblowers. It replaces existing whistleblower protections.
A Bill to establish an Office of the Whistleblower to protect whistleblowers and whistleblowing and to uphold the public interest in relation to whistleblowing; to create offences relating to the treatment of whistleblowers and the handling of whistleblowing cases; to repeal the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998; and for connected purposes
Status: In Progress
Current House: Lords
Stage: 2nd reading
Sponsored by: Baroness Kramer
Introduced: 2022-06-13