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Conduct of Undercover Policing and Surveillance Operatives Bill [HL]
Conduct of Undercover Policing and Surveillance Operatives Bill [HL] is currently listed at Committee stage in the House of Lords.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 2nd reading17 Jul 2026
- Next stage
- Committee stage
- House
- House of Lords
- Bill type
- Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)
- Last updated
- 21 Jul 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- Baroness Hamwee Proposer / sponsor · Liberal Democrat · House of Lords Prepared for future MP profile links
What this bill is about
The Conduct of Undercover Policing and Surveillance Operatives Bill [HL] would seek to prohibit covert human intelligence sources from entering into, or maintaining, intimate sexual relationships with people who are the subject of surveillance or investigation. The bill’s long title also refers to “connected purposes”, but no further explanatory information was available in the supplied material, so the specific details of how the rule would operate are not included here.
What it would do
- Would seek to prevent covert human intelligence sources from starting intimate sexual relationships with people under surveillance or investigation.
- Would seek to prevent covert human intelligence sources from continuing intimate sexual relationships with people under surveillance or investigation.
- Would make further provision for “connected purposes”, but the supplied source material does not describe what these are.
Bill journey
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1st reading 2 Jun 2026 · House of Lords
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2nd reading 17 Jul 2026 · House of Lords
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