Alan Turing Statutory Pardon Bill

This bill would give Alan Turing a statutory pardon. A statutory pardon is an official legal forgiveness written into law by Parliament. Alan Turing was a mathematician and codebreaker who helped Britain during World War Two. He was convicted in 1952 of gross indecency because he was homosexual, which was illegal then. He died in 1954. The Queen already gave him a royal pardon in 2013, but this bill would make the pardon part of statute law instead. The government says this recognises his important work for the country. The bill applies only to Alan Turing specifically. It does not change the law for other people who were convicted of similar offences in the past.

• 1Creates a statutory pardon specifically for Alan Turing
• 2Alan Turing was convicted of gross indecency in 1952 for being homosexual
• 3He was a key codebreaker who helped Britain win World War Two
• 4The Queen already pardoned him in 2013 but this makes it statute law
• 5The bill only applies to Alan Turing, not other similar historical cases