{"longTitle":"To make provision about offences relating to bribery; and for connected purposes.","summary":"<p>The purpose of the Bill is to provide a modern and comprehensive scheme of bribery offences to equip prosecutors and courts to deal effectively with bribery in the UK and abroad.</p><p><strong>Key areas</strong></p><ul><li>replaces old and fragmented legislation with a modern and consolidated bribery law, based on the recommendations of the Law Commission</li><li>creates offences of offering, promising or giving of a bribe and requesting, agreeing to receive or accepting of a bribe either in the UK or abroad, in the public or private sectors</li><li>creates a discrete offence of bribery of a foreign public official in order to obtain or retain business</li><li>creates a new offence in relation to commercial organisations which fail to prevent a bribe being paid by those who perform services for or on behalf of the organisation. It will, however, be a defence if an organisation has adequate procedures in place to prevent bribery</li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":3451,"name":"Lord Bach","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Lords","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/3451/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/3451/contact","memberFrom":"Life peer"},"organisation":{"name":"Ministry of Justice","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice"},"sortOrder":1},{"member":{"memberId":463,"name":"Mr Jack Straw","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/463/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/463/contact","memberFrom":"Blackburn"},"organisation":{"name":"Ministry of Justice","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice"},"sortOrder":2}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":546,"shortTitle":"Bribery Act 2010","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Unassigned","originatingHouse":"Lords","lastUpdate":"2010-08-17T12:13:51","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":1,"introducedSessionId":23,"includedSessionIds":[23],"isAct":true,"currentStage":{"id":3429,"stageId":11,"sessionId":23,"description":"Royal Assent","abbreviation":"RA","house":"Unassigned","stageSittings":[{"id":3215,"stageId":11,"billStageId":3429,"billId":546,"date":"2010-04-08T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":13}}