Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Proposal 3196
A Bill to make provision about causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress to a person in public where the behaviour is done because of that person’s sex; and for connected purposes.
Appraisal prepared just now from the official papers. Next scheduled update after the next sitting or within about 24 hours.
Sponsor: Greg Clark, Conservative
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In plain English
With one exception, discussed in paragraph 16, the Bill will extend and apply to England and Wales.
Public Order Act 1986 (legislation.gov.uk) 2 Tackling violence against women and girls strategy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 3 Hate-crime-report-accessible.pdf (pages 207-208) 4 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Hansard - (column 791, 22 March 2022) 5 Creating an offence of public sexual harassment - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) It suggested two possible options (with draft clauses) for what such an offence might look like, both involving aggravated sentencing for behaviour committed under section 4A of the Public Order Act 1986 if carried out because of the victim’s sex.
With one exception, discussed in paragraph 16, the Bill will extend and apply to England and Wales.
Same bill, simpler words — a deeper read without the jargon.
Imagine the country is making a new rule. This one is about: With one exception, discussed in paragraph 16, the Bill will extend and apply to England and Wales.. The people who would notice most are: Public Order Act 1986 (legislation.gov.uk) 2 Tackling violence against women and girls strategy - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 3 Hate-crime-report-accessible.pdf (pages 207-208) 4 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill - Hansard - (column 791, 22 March 2022) 5 Creating an offence of public sexual harassment - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) It suggested two possible options (with draft clauses) for what such an offence might look like, both involving aggravated sentencing for behaviour committed under section 4A of the Public Order Act 1986 if carried out because of the victim’s sex.. If it became a real law, the everyday change would be: With one exception, discussed in paragraph 16, the Bill will extend and apply to England and Wales..
Green Book 2026 · 5 Case Model
With one exception, discussed in paragraph 16, the Bill will extend and apply to England and Wales.
It is currently at Royal Assent in the Unassigned, sponsored by Greg Clark, Conservative.
Accountability · outcome beside Green Book evidence
Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023 became law. The official papers we read covered some Green Book cases well and left gaps in others. For accountability, the outcome sits beside a mixed evidence trail — worth reading the case notes below.
Strategic: With one exception, discussed in paragraph 16, the Bill will extend and apply to England and Wales.
Economic: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not give a figure in pounds for what it would cost or save. That is not a yes or no on the bill.
Commercial: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not say how this would be bought, contracted or put in place.
Financial: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not say who would pay for it, or where the money would come from.
Management: (3) The Secretary of State may revise guidance issued under this section. (4) The Secretary of State must arrange for guidance issued under this section to be published.
This is an accountability reading, not a recommendation and not a score. It does not say whether Parliament should have passed or rejected the bill. It only sets the actual parliamentary outcome beside how complete the Green Book five-case evidence was in the official papers.
These UK Acts sit in a similar policy space and are already law. Pairing uses this proposal’s official papers (and the plain-English note themes). It is not a verdict that the proposal is redundant or unnecessary.
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UK Act · Royal Assent · 2023-06-23
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