Official Secrets Reform Bill 2000

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The bill would narrow official-secrets offences to genuinely sensitive information, such as national security, Northern Ireland, crime prevention and personal safety, rather than covering all government information. It would also allow courts to treat disclosure as justified in the public interest, and relax many other secrecy rules, making it easier to expose wrongdoing or inform the public.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Official Secrets Act, 1963, to reform the law regarding official secrecy generally and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018