National Security Bill (Act 2023)

Bill·Enacted in Session 2022-23·Read the text

Overview Timeline37 Debates34 Amendments625

1st readingCommons
11 May 2022
1 sitting
Bill introduced in the Commons by
- Priti PatelMember in chargeConservativeon behalf of Home Office
- Lord Sharpe of EpsomConservativeon behalf of Home Office
New bill textAs introduced
- 11 May 2022Formal sittingnot recorded in Hansard
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11 May 2022
18 May 2022
- Impact Assessment from the Ministry of Justice
2nd readingCommons
06 Jun 2022
- Money resolution
- Programme motion
1 sitting · 1 debate · 166 speeches · 29 speakers
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- 06 Jun 2022National Security Bill29 spk · 166 speeches
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07 Jun 2022
- Call for written evidence: National Security Bill
Committee stageCommons
7 Jul – 18 Oct 2022
14 sittings · 14 debates · 793 speeches · 16 speakers · 100 amendments
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100 amendments tabled72 Agreed16 Withdrawn2 Not selected8 Not called2 Not moved10 written evidence submissions — Reprieve, Sarah Kendall, PhD Candidate and Sessional Academic, School of Law, University of Queensland, The Russell Group and Universities UK (UUK) and 7 others
New bill textAs amended in Public Bill Committee
- 07 Jul 2022First sitting9 spk · 58 speeches
- 07 Jul 2022Second sitting9 spk · 87 speeches
- 12 Jul 2022Fourth sitting7 spk · 37 speeches
- 12 Jul 2022Third sitting10 spk · 105 speeches
- 14 Jul 2022Sixth sitting7 spk · 51 speeches
- 14 Jul 2022Fifth sitting6 spk · 64 speeches
- 19 Jul 2022Eighth sitting3 spk · 7 speeches
- 19 Jul 2022Seventh sitting7 spk · 51 speeches
- 06 Sept 2022Tenth sitting3 spk · 9 speeches
- 06 Sept 2022Ninth sitting5 spk · 15 speeches
- 08 Sept 2022Eleventh sitting5 spk · 48 speeches
- 08 Sept 2022Twelfth sitting7 spk · 96 speeches
- 18 Oct 2022Fourteenth sitting8 spk · 76 speeches
- 18 Oct 2022Thirteenth sitting7 spk · 89 speeches
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09 Sept 2022
- Letter from Stephen McPartland MP to James Gray MP and Rushanara Ali MP regarding issues raised in the committee stage debate: extending police powers in prohibited places to the armed forces, 'insanity’ defences in relation to biometric retention, justification for polygraph testing, interaction with the Official Secrets Act 1989, and Government amendments.
15 Nov 2022
- Briefing Paper on the Bill
- Briefing paper on progress of the Bill
Report stageCommons
16 Nov 2022
1 sitting · 1 debate · 77 speeches · 26 speakers · 149 amendments · 4 divisions
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149 amendments tabled3 Negatived on division80 Agreed65 Not called1 Agreed on division
- 16 Nov 2022National Security Bill26 spk · 77 speeches · 4 divisions
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3rd readingCommons
16 Nov 2022
Taken in this debate
- 16 Nov 2022National Security Bill26 spk · 77 speeches
1st readingLords
17 Nov 2022
1 sitting · 1 debate
New bill textAs brought from the Commons
- 17 Nov 2022National Security Billformal
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17 Nov 2022
- HL Bill 68 Explanatory Notes
- Impact Assessment from the Home Office
18 Nov 2022
- National Security Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
25 Nov 2022
- National Security Bill
2nd readingLords
06 Dec 2022
2 sittings · 2 debates · 24 speeches · 19 speakers
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- 06 Dec 2022National Security Bill1 spk · 1 speech
- 06 Dec 2022National Security Bill19 spk · 23 speeches
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12 Dec 2022
- 20th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
13 Dec 2022
- Letter from Lord Sharpe to Peers regarding the second reading debate: Foreign Influence Registration Scheme and its interaction with the National Security and Investment Act 2021, particularly in relation to universities.
Committee stageLords
19 Dec 2022 – 18 Jan 2023
8 sittings · 8 debates · 422 speeches · 39 speakers · 152 amendments
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152 amendments tabled77 Not moved36 Agreed24 Withdrawn14 Stood part1 Preempted
New bill textAs amended in Committee
- 19 Dec 2022National Security Bill21 spk · 106 speeches
- 21 Dec 2022National Security Bill13 spk · 37 speeches
- 21 Dec 2022National Security Bill9 spk · 26 speeches
- 11 Jan 2023National Security Bill21 spk · 62 speeches
- 11 Jan 2023National Security Bill11 spk · 33 speeches
- 16 Jan 2023National Security Bill18 spk · 75 speeches
- 18 Jan 2023National Security Bill8 spk · 31 speeches
- 18 Jan 2023National Security Bill16 spk · 52 speeches
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19 Dec 2022
- 21st Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
10 Jan 2023
- Letter from Lord Sharpe to Baroness Ludford and others regarding queries raised during the Committee stage (first day): Knowledge requirement for ‘ought reasonably to know’, Crown Land, College of Policing, legal services and private sector enterprises, In the vicinity of or adjacent to a prohibited place, Foreign power condition and trade secrets.
11 Jan 2023
- The Government’s response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights report: ‘Legislative Scrutiny: National Security Bill’.
24 Jan 2023
27 Feb 2023
- National Security Bill - Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum
Report stageLords
1 Mar – 07 Mar 2023
2 sittings · 2 debates · 163 speeches · 32 speakers · 215 amendments
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215 amendments tabled146 Agreed54 Not moved6 Withdrawn1 No decision6 Disagreed2 Withdrawn before debate
New bill textAs amended on Report
- 01 Mar 2023National Security Bill21 spk · 97 speeches
- 07 Mar 2023National Security Bill21 spk · 66 speeches
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3rd readingLords
13 Mar 2023
1 sitting · 1 debate · 13 speeches · 8 speakers · 9 amendments
9 amendments tabled9 Agreed
- 13 Mar 2023National Security Bill8 spk · 13 speeches
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15 Mar 2023
02 May 2023
- Briefing paper on Lord's amendments
Consideration of Lords amendmentsCommons
03 May 2023
- Programme motion
1 sitting · 1 debate · 51 speeches · 15 speakers · 3 divisions
- 03 May 2023National Security Bill15 spk · 51 speeches · 3 divisions
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03 May 2023
- HL Bill 135 Commons Amendments, Disagreements and Reasons
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasonsLords
21 Jun 2023
1 sitting · 1 debate · 22 speeches · 10 speakers
- 21 Jun 2023National Security Bill10 spk · 22 speeches
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22 Jun 2023
- Bill 333 2022-23 (Lords Amendments)
Consideration of Lords messageCommons
26 Jun 2023
1 sitting · 1 debate · 29 speeches · 12 speakers · 1 division
- 26 Jun 2023National Security Bill12 spk · 29 speeches · 1 division
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27 Jun 2023
- HL Bill 155 Commons Disagreement, Amendment in lieu and Reason
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasonsLords
04 Jul 2023
1 sitting · 1 debate · 14 speeches · 7 speakers
- 04 Jul 2023National Security Bill7 spk · 14 speeches
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11 Jul 2023
King Charles III grants Royal Assent, and merges this bill into law
11 Jul 2023
Act publishedNational Security Act 2023c. 32 View on legislation.gov.uk ↗
12 Jul 2023
- Letter from Lord Sharpe to Lord West regarding criticisms made about the passage of the Bill.

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