Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party), on Wednesday, 2 September 2020, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 21 members in total.

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Protecting and valuing whistleblowers

That this House recognises that the Public Interest Disclosure Act (1998) does not provide a sufficient degree of protection for employees who ‘whistleblow‘ or raise concerns with their employers, whether in public service or private business, when they identify a risk to personal safety, the environment or of fraud, particularly when this results from a failure to observe pertinent, guidance, regulations or laws; believes that a replacement of the Act is necessary to ensure that employees are sufficiently protected so they have confidence to disclose their concerns; and further believes that an Independent Whistleblower Commission should be established, to set standards so that such concerns are thoroughly investigated and the findings acted on, whilst protecting ‘whistleblowers’ from recrimination or mistreatment.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

831 

Session

2019-21

Other sponsors

Caroline Lucas

Jonathan Edwards

Jim Shannon

Allan Dorans

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Subjects

Disclosure of information Standards

Legislation

Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk