Overview
- The withdrawn plan would have included MI5 and MI6 under the duty of candour only with approval from their service heads.
- Families, campaigners, and the mayors of Liverpool and Greater Manchester warned the proposal created an overly broad opt‑out for the security services.
- Officials said the bill will strengthen scrutiny of police, intelligence agencies and government, while maintaining that national security cannot be compromised.
- Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the security services will not be exempt and referenced lessons from the Manchester Arena inquiry on disclosure.
- The bill returns to the Commons for report stage and third reading as scheduled, with revised security‑services provisions to be brought forward in the Lords and campaign group Hillsborough Law Now welcoming the pause.