An armed soldier stands behind a cordon in central Brussels on July 20 | Siska Gremmelprez/AFP via Getty Images Belgian MP wants to scrap confidentiality rules for terror investigations Social services staff would be required to report any signs clients are involved in terrorism.

Belgian New Flemish Alliance MP Valerie Van Peel has proposed a new bill that will force civil servants and trade unions, among others, to report any terrorism-related suspicions, local media reports.

The legislation would see social services staff on home visits and emergency services responding to emergency calls, for example, required to tell the courts if they have any reason to believe clients might be involved in terrorism. Van Peel wants health insurance funds, government ministries and trade unions to be bound by the same rules, reports Het Nieuesblad.

Civil servants would also be required to disclose confidential information if the prosecutor requests it, such as whether someone receives state benefits.

"Now it is covered by confidentiality [rules]," Van Peel said, according to Het Nieuesblad. "We provide an exception, but only for terrorism. This exception does not cover, for example, radicalization. It also doesn't compromise medical confidentiality."

Van Peel said the bill would address concerns raised by the Belgian federal prosecutor about terror investigations being hamstrung by confidentiality rules.