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Legislation

1 September 2026

Public Office (Accountability) Bill – second reading

Summary

Long title

A Bill to Impose a duty on public authorities and public officials to act with candour, transparency and frankness; to make provision for the enforcement of that duty in their dealings with inquiries and investigations; to require public authorities to promote and take steps to maintain ethical conduct within all parts of the authority; to create an offence in relation to public authorities and public officials who mislead the public; to create further offences in relation to the misconduct of persons who hold public office and to abolish the common law offence of misconduct in public office; to make provision enabling persons to participate at inquiries and investigations where the conduct of public authorities may be in issue; and for connected purposes.

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Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench
Life peer
Lord Anderson of Ipswich
Crossbench
Life peer
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
Conservative
Life peer
Lord Bach
Labour
Life peer
Lord Barber of Chittlehampton
Labour
Life peer
Lord Beamish
Labour
Life peer
Lord Bellamy
Conservative
Life peer
Baroness Benjamin
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Lord Bichard
Crossbench
Life peer
Lord Blunkett
Labour
Life peer
Baroness Bousted
Labour
Life peer
Baroness Brinton
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Lord Burnett of Maldon
Crossbench
Life peer
Lord Carlile of Berriew
Crossbench
Life peer
Lord Carter of Haslemere
Crossbench
Life peer
Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice
Crossbench
Life peer
Baroness Chakrabarti
Labour
Life peer
Lord Davies of Brixton
Labour
Life peer
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Labour
Life peer
Lord Faulkner of Worcester
Labour
Life peer
Baroness Featherstone
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Baroness Fox of Buckley
Non-affiliated
Life peer
Lord Frost
Non-affiliated
Life peer
Baroness Goudie
Labour
Life peer
Baroness Hale of Richmond
Crossbench
Life Peer (judicial)
Baroness Hamwee
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Lord Hayward
Conservative
Life peer
Baroness Hoey
Non-affiliated
Life peer
Lord Howard of Lympne
Conservative
Life peer
Baroness Hughes of Stretford
Labour
Life peer
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Green Party
Life peer
Lord Keen of Elie
Conservative
Life peer
Baroness Kramer
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Lord Lemos
Labour
Life peer
Baroness Levitt
Labour
Life peer
Baroness Ludford
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
The Lord Bishop of Manchester
Bishops
Bishops
Baroness Manningham-Buller
Crossbench
Life peer
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Conservative
Life peer
Lord Redwood
Conservative
Life peer
Lord Rennard
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Labour
Life peer
Lord Roe of West Wickham
Labour
Life peer
Lord Rooker
Labour
Life peer
Lord Sahota
Labour
Life peer
Baroness Sanderson of Welton
Conservative
Life peer
Lord Sikka
Labour
Life peer
Lord Wills
Labour
Life peer
Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
Conservative
Life peer