Bill · started in the Lords

Alan Turing (Statutory Pardon) Bill [HL]

To give a statutory pardon to Alan Mathison Turing for offences under section 11of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 of which he was convicted on 31 March 1952.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Lords)

The story so farThe Alan Turing (Statutory Pardon) Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 25 July 2012 by Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat). It is now at second reading in the House of Lords. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Lords 25 Jul 2012
  2. 2nd reading Lords Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 30 Apr 2013.