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Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill
Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill has completed 1st reading on 17 Jun 2026 in the House of Commons. Parliament currently lists 2nd reading as its current stage.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 1st reading17 Jun 2026
- Current stage
- 2nd reading
- House
- House of Commons
- Bill type
- Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)
- Last updated
- 18 Jun 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- Sir John Whittingdale Proposer / sponsor · Conservative · House of Commons
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View Parliamentary CalendarWhat this bill is about
The Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill is a Private Members’ bill that—according to its long title—would make provision about the use of litigation in a way intended to suppress freedom of speech. At this stage, publicly available information in the bill documents provided does not include the bill text or explanatory notes, so the specific mechanisms it would introduce are not yet clear from the source material available for this review.
What it would do
- Would make provision relating to the use of litigation to suppress freedom of speech.
- Targets the described problem of litigation used to stifle free speech, as set out in the bill’s long title.
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1st reading 17 Jun 2026 · House of Commons
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