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 4133
A Bill to prohibit covert human intelligence sources from entering into or maintaining intimate sexual relationships with persons who are the subject of surveillance or investigation; 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: Baroness Hamwee, Liberal Democrat
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In plain English
A bill to Prohibit covert human intelligence sources from entering into or maintaining intimate sexual relationships with persons who are the subject of surveillance or investigation; and for connected purposes.
(5) Where an authority is subject to the obligations in subsection (3) or (4) , the public official who is in charge of the authority must take all reasonable steps to secure that the authority complies with those obligations.
Duty of candour and assistance (1) The authorities listed in section 1 (2) and CHIS operatives must— (a) keep the conduct of CHIS operatives under review to ensure any intimate sexual relationships are avoided, and (b) act with candour, transparency and frankness in their dealings with inquiries and investigations into any offences alleged to have been committed under this Act. (2) The duty under subsection (1) (b) is the “duty of candour and assistance” and comprises the obligations in subsections (3) , (4) and (5) .
Same bill, simpler words — a deeper read without the jargon.
Imagine the country is making a new rule. This one is about: A bill to Prohibit covert human intelligence sources from entering into or maintaining intimate sexual relationships with persons who are the subject of surveillance or investigation; and for connected purposes.. The people who would notice most are: (5) Where an authority is subject to the obligations in subsection (3) or (4) , the public official who is in charge of the authority must take all reasonable steps to secure that the authority complies with those obligations.. If it became a real law, the everyday change would be: Duty of candour and assistance (1) The authorities listed in section 1 (2) and CHIS operatives must— (a) keep the conduct of CHIS operatives under review to ensure any intimate sexual relationships are avoided, and (b) act with candour, transparency and frankness in their dealings with inquiries and investigations into any offences alleged to have been committed under this Act. (2) The duty under subsection (1) (b) is the “duty of candour and assistance” and comprises the obligations in subsections (3) , (4) and (5) ..
Green Book 2026 · 5 Case Model
A bill to Prohibit covert human intelligence sources from entering into or maintaining intimate sexual relationships with persons who are the subject of surveillance or investigation; and for connected purposes.
It is currently at Committee stage in the Lords, sponsored by Baroness Hamwee, Liberal Democrat.
Passage signals — procedural trajectory, not a merit judgement
Conduct of Undercover Policing and Surveillance Operatives Bill [HL] is a private member's bill (starting in the lords), currently at Committee stage in the Lords. Its progress so far does not clearly point either way. The signals below show what is helping it and what is holding it back.
Lords private members' bills must find a Commons sponsor and Friday time after passing the Lords, so very few become law.
The bill passed its second reading — the vote on its principle — and is now being examined line by line in committee.
The bill sat recently and no future date is needed yet for it to be considered active.
This outlook reads the bill's procedural trajectory only — its type, the stage it has reached, and its momentum — against how similar bills have historically progressed through Parliament. It is not a score, not a judgement on the bill's merits, and not a recommendation to support or oppose it. It sits alongside, and separate from, the Green Book five-case appraisal.
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.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2026-05-11
Crime and Policing Act 2026
Nearby policy wording to this bill. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — context only, not a verdict on whether the new bill is needed.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2017-02-01
Policing and Crime Act 2017
Nearby policy wording to this bill. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — context only, not a verdict on whether the new bill is needed.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2014-03-14
Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act
Nearby policy wording to this bill. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — context only, not a verdict on whether the new bill is needed.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2010-01-18
Policing and Crime
Nearby policy wording to this bill. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — context only, not a verdict on whether the new bill is needed.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2024-02-28
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
Nearby policy wording to this bill. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — context only, not a verdict on whether the new bill is needed.
Nearby instruments in a similar policy space — lighter context while you read this UK proposal. Not a ranking, and not a recommendation.
Enacted 2026-07-20 (No. 27 of 2026)
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2024, the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025 and the Planning and Development Act 2000, and, in that connection, to amend certain other enactments; to amend the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981 for the purpose of increasing the borrowing limit of the Housing Finance Agency; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Matched via Oireachtas search for “justice criminal” (Justice / crime).
Open sourceEU instrument (CELEX 32024L1385)
EU criminal-justice instrument on violence against women.
Selected as the closest EU peer for the “Justice / crime” policy category. EU law uses directives/regulations, not Commons/Lords stages.
Open source