Question follow-through · 77542

Public Authority (Accountability) Bill

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.

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 16 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 13 Oct 2025
Answer: 13 Oct 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
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.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Oct 2025
Answer published
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 i...

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