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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-10-10more like thismore than 2022-10-10
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Disclosure of Information: Protection remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing stronger protection for whistle-blowers, as proposed by Compassion in Care in their campaign for Edna’s Law; and what steps he is taking to support whistle-blowers. more like this
tabling member constituency Coventry South more like this
tabling member printed
Zarah Sultana more like this
uin 59112 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-10-17more like thismore than 2022-10-17
answer text <p>The Government values the important contribution whistleblowers make when they shine a light on wrongdoing. The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 gives legal protection to those who speak up in the public interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made numerous improvements to the whistleblowing framework. This includes extending protections to student nurses and midwives, regularly updating the list of prescribed persons, and introducing a legislative requirement for most prescribed persons to produce an annual report on whistleblowing disclosures they receive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to review the whistleblowing framework. We are considering the scope and timing of this review.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Watford more like this
answering member printed Dean Russell more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-10-17T07:51:06.823Zmore like thismore than 2022-10-17T07:51:06.823Z
answering member
4812
label Biography information for Dean Russell more like this
tabling member
4786
label Biography information for Zarah Sultana more like this