Martyn's Law establishes a legal duty for operators of publicly accessible premises and large events to assess and plan for terrorist threats, enforced through the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025. The Home Office and Security Industry Authority lead implementation, with statutory guidance now published to clarify security obligations for venues, event organisers, and contractors. The policy is active and moving into compliance and enforcement phase following consultation.
These Regulations are the first commencement Regulations made under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (c. 10) (“the Act”). These Regulations commence section 27 of the Act.
These Rules amend the Polygraph Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/619) to reflect changes to the conduct of polygraph testing of offenders on licence. Since the conclusion of the 2009 pilot for sex offenders, polygraph testing has been fully implemented for sex …
Commons Amendments 13:37:00 Motion A Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: That this House do not insist on its Amendment 18 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 18A, 18B, 18C, 18D and 18E in lieu. 18A …
Returned from the Commons The Bill was returned from the Commons on Monday 22 March with amendments. The Commons amendments were ordered to be printed. (HL Bill 186) 12:53:00 Sitting suspended.
Consideration of Lords amendments Clause 23 Terrorism sentence with fixed licence period: Scotland 21:17:00 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Philp): I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 1. Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel …
Third Reading 13:31:00 Motion Moved by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar: That the Bill be now read a third time. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Wolfson of Tredegar) (Con): My Lords, as the UK Government have made …
Report 13:31:00 Clause 1: Offences aggravated by terrorist connection Amendment 1 Moved by 1: Clause 1, page 1, line 8, at end insert— “(aa) after subsection (1) insert—“(1A) The court may not assume that an offence has a terrorist connection …
Committee (2nd Day) 15:51:00 Amendment 16 Moved by 16: After Clause 31, insert the following new Clause— “Review of sections 1 to 31 (1) The Secretary of State must arrange for an independent review of the impact of sections 1 …
Committee (1st Day) 13:52:00 Clause 1: Offences aggravated by terrorist connection Debate on whether Clause 1 should stand part of the Bill. Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD) [V]: My Lords, in opening this debate, on the first day of Committee …
Order of Consideration Motion 13:18:00 Moved by The Earl of Courtown: That it be an instruction to the Committee of the Whole House to which the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill has been committed that they consider the Bill in the …
Second Reading 13:47:00 Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: That the Bill be now read a second time. Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con): My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Williams of Trafford, I beg to …
First Reading The Bill was brought from the Commons, read a first time and ordered to be printed. House adjourned at 7.37 pm.
Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee. New Clause 1 Review of legislation: National Probation Service “(1) Within 18 months of enactment, the Secretary of State must commission a review and publish a report on the impact …
Second Reading 15:02:00 The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Robert Buckland): I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. The first duty of any Government is to protect the public from harm. …
First Reading 15:08:00 A Bill to provide for a consultation on the introduction of a Duty to Plan requiring Category 1 responders to plan for terrorist threats and requiring those responsible for places to which the public have access to …
First Reading 11:38:00 A Bill to provide for consultation on the introduction of a Duty to Plan to require Category 1 responders to plan for terrorist threats and require those responsible for places to which the public have access to …
To make provision about the prevention of terrorism