This bill requires public authorities and officials to act in the public interest with transparency and candour, creates offences for misleading conduct, and funds legal representation for bereaved families at inquests and inquiries.
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;
Status: In Progress
Current House: Commons
Stage: 1st reading
Sponsored by: Ian Byrne
Introduced: 2025-07-02