Question follow-through · 907644
Public Office (Accountability) Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill on the intelligence services.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill on the intelligence services.
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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4 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Bill will apply to all public authorities, including the intelligence services. At Second Reading of the Bill, the Prime Minister was clear that the duty of candour would need to apply in a particular way to the intelligence services to get the right ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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