Bill · started in the Commons
Criminal Records (Public Access) Bill
A Bill to facilitate access by members of the public to the registers of the Criminal Records Office.
In progress
Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)
The story so farThe Criminal Records (Public Access) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 21 October 2010 by Mr Christopher Chope (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.
What the bill does
The Bill would require that a criminal records office (defined as "the Criminal Records Bureau or any successor body with similar statutory functions") must keep copies of all Magistrates’ Courts Registers, and any other registers produced by a court listing convictions, in electronic form, and must make these accessible to the public. It would provide that such information would not be considered 'personal information' for the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading Commons 21 Oct 2010
- 2nd reading Commons Current
Source: the official bill page. Last updated 1 May 2012.