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Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Duty to Investigate) (Amendment) Bill

A Bill to amend the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to provide that a person who dies while deprived of their liberty under Schedule A1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 shall not be considered to have died while in custody or otherwise in state detention for the purposes of section 1 of the 2009 Act; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (Duty to Investigate) (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 10 November 2015 by Ann Coffey (Labour). 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 Commons 10 Nov 2015
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 12 May 2016.