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  Serious Crime Bill - New Clause 2 - Official Secrets Act 1989 - Defence of Disclosure Re Historic Child Abuse
  
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  @ MP voted aye to create a defence to an offence under the Official Secrets Act where a disclosure has been to an investigation or inquiry relating to historic child abuse.
  @ MP voted no against creating a defence to an offence under the Official Secrets Act where a disclosure has been to an investigation or inquiry relating to historic child abuse.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against creating a defence to an offence under the Official Secrets Act where a disclosure has been to an investigation or inquiry relating to historic child abuse.
  
  
  MPs were considering the Serious Crime Bill[1]. 
  
  The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was:
  
  :(1) The [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/6/contents Official Secrets Act 1989] is amended as followsâ
  
  :(2) After [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/6/section/8 section 8], insertâ
  
  :â(8A) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under any provision of this Act to prove that he knew, or had reasonable cause to believe, that the information, document or article disclosed wasâ
  
  :(a) germane to an official investigation of, or inquiry into, historic child abuse, and
  
  :(b) provided only to an officer of such an investigation or inquiry.
  
  
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/seriouscrime.html Parliament's webpage on the Serious Crime Bill]
  
  
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