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Bill · started in the Commons

Defamation, Privacy, Freedom of Expression, Data Protection, Legal Services and Private Investigators Bill

A Bill to make provision about defamation; to make provision about costs awarded in civil cases; to make provision about the application of the rights to privacy and to freedom of expression in civil cases on matters of public interest; to make provision about the regulation of lawyers acting in civil cases; to make provision about data protection; to make provision for the regulation of private investigators; to make provision for the purpose of reducing the use of lawsuits for strategic purposes; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Defamation, Privacy, Freedom of Expression, Data Protection, Legal Services and Private Investigators Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 24 January 2023 by Bob Seely (Conservative). 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 24 Jan 2023
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 31 Oct 2023.