Bill · started in the Lords

Alan Turing (Statutory Pardon) Bill [HL]

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

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Alan Turing (Statutory Pardon) Bill was introduced in the House of Lords on 9 May 2013 by Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. 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 9 May 2013
  2. 2nd reading Lords 19 Jul 2013
  3. Order of Commitment discharged Lords 23 Oct 2013
  4. 3rd reading Lords 30 Oct 2013
  5. 1st reading Commons 30 Oct 2013
  6. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 15 May 2014.