Moved by

Lord Lucas

48A: Clause 109, page 139, line 19, at end insert—

““service message” means a communication necessary for an administrative or servicing purpose including the performance of a contract to which the recipient is party, or in order to take steps at the request of the recipient prior to entering...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

48A: Clause 109, page 139, line 19, at end insert—

““service message” means a communication necessary for an administrative or servicing purpose including the performance of a contract to which the recipient is party, or in order to take steps at the request of the recipient prior to entering...

My Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 50A. I have sent the Government a reasonably lengthy explanation of what I am up to here, so I will restrict myself to a summary for the purposes of Report.

To my mind, there is a necessary distinction between a service message and...

My Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 50A. I have sent the Government a reasonably lengthy explanation of what I am up to here, so I will restrict myself to a summary for the purposes of Report.

To my mind, there is a necessary distinction between a service message and...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that explanation. I will, for the moment, be content to know that the Government are continuing to discuss this. There is a real problem here that will need to be dealt with, but if the Government are engaged they will inevitably...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that explanation. I will, for the moment, be content to know that the Government are continuing to discuss this. There is a real problem here that will need to be dealt with, but if the Government are engaged they will inevitably...

My Lords, I very much encourage the Government to go down this road. Everyone talks about the NHS just because the data is there and organised. If we establish a structure like this, there are other sources of data that we could develop to equivalent value. Education is the obvious...

My Lords, I very much encourage the Government to go down this road. Everyone talks about the NHS just because the data is there and organised. If we establish a structure like this, there are other sources of data that we could develop to equivalent value. Education is the obvious...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

67: After Clause 132, insert the following new Clause—

“Data dictionary

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations establishing the definitions and associated metadata for core personal data attributes, and may require that these definitions are used in relation to—

(a) Part 2 of this Act (digital verification services);

(b) Part...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

67: After Clause 132, insert the following new Clause—

“Data dictionary

(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations establishing the definitions and associated metadata for core personal data attributes, and may require that these definitions are used in relation to—

(a) Part 2 of this Act (digital verification services);

(b) Part...

My Lords, if we are to live in a data-rich world, we really need a set of well-understood, good definitions for the basic information we are

collecting. At the moment, age is about the only stable personal characteristic, in that we generally know where it comes from, where it is...

My Lords, if we are to live in a data-rich world, we really need a set of well-understood, good definitions for the basic information we are

collecting. At the moment, age is about the only stable personal characteristic, in that we generally know where it comes from, where it is...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for that explanation. I am particularly glad to know that the Sullivan review will be published soon—I look forward very much to reading that—and I am pleased by the direction the Government are moving in. None the less, we only get...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for that explanation. I am particularly glad to know that the Sullivan review will be published soon—I look forward very much to reading that—and I am pleased by the direction the Government are moving in. None the less, we only get...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

6: Clause 28, page 30, line 28, at end insert—

“(2A) In preparing the DVS trust framework the Secretary of State must assess whether the public authorities listed in subsection (2B) reliably ascertain the personal data attributes that they collect, record and share.

(2B) The public authorities are—

(a) HM Passport...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

6: Clause 28, page 30, line 28, at end insert—

“(2A) In preparing the DVS trust framework the Secretary of State must assess whether the public authorities listed in subsection (2B) reliably ascertain the personal data attributes that they collect, record and share.

(2B) The public authorities are—

(a) HM Passport...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 6 in my name I will also to speak to Amendment 8. This section of the Bill deals with digital verification services, and the root word there is verify/veritas—truth. Digital verification input must be truthful for the digital system to work. It is fundamental.

One can...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 6 in my name I will also to speak to Amendment 8. This section of the Bill deals with digital verification services, and the root word there is verify/veritas—truth. Digital verification input must be truthful for the digital system to work. It is fundamental.

One can...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken on this. I actually rather liked the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones—if I am allowed to reach across to him—but I think he is wrong to describe Amendments 6 and 8 as “culture war”. They...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken on this. I actually rather liked the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones—if I am allowed to reach across to him—but I think he is wrong to describe Amendments 6 and 8 as “culture war”. They...

However, the truth should come before personal feelings, particularly when looking at data and the fundamentals of society. I hope that the noble Lord will take parliamentary opportunities to bring the framework in front of Parliament when it appears. I agree with him that Parliament should take an interest in...

However, the truth should come before personal feelings, particularly when looking at data and the fundamentals of society. I hope that the noble Lord will take parliamentary opportunities to bring the framework in front of Parliament when it appears. I agree with him that Parliament should take an interest in...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

8: Clause 45, page 42, line 23, at end insert—

“(5A) A public authority must not disclose information about an individual under this section unless the information—

(a) is clearly defined and accompanied by metadata, and

(b) the public authority is able to attest that it—

(i) was accurate at the time...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

8: Clause 45, page 42, line 23, at end insert—

“(5A) A public authority must not disclose information about an individual under this section unless the information—

(a) is clearly defined and accompanied by metadata, and

(b) the public authority is able to attest that it—

(i) was accurate at the time...

My Lords, the regulator quite clearly needs a standard against which to judge. Public interest is the established one in FOI, medicine and elsewhere. It is the standard that is used when I apply for data under the national pupil database—and quite right too. It works well, it is flexible,...

My Lords, the regulator quite clearly needs a standard against which to judge. Public interest is the established one in FOI, medicine and elsewhere. It is the standard that is used when I apply for data under the national pupil database—and quite right too. It works well, it is flexible,...

My Lords, I support what the noble Baroness, Lady Freeman, said. Her maiden speech was a forewarning of how good her subsequent speeches would be and how dedicated she is to openness, which is absolutely crucial in this area. We are going to have to get used to a lot...

My Lords, I support what the noble Baroness, Lady Freeman, said. Her maiden speech was a forewarning of how good her subsequent speeches would be and how dedicated she is to openness, which is absolutely crucial in this area. We are going to have to get used to a lot...

My Lords, I very much support the thrust of these amendments and what the noble Lord, Lord Knight, said in support of and in addition to them. I declare an interest as a current user of the national pupil database.

The proper codification of safeguards would be a huge help. As...

My Lords, I very much support the thrust of these amendments and what the noble Lord, Lord Knight, said in support of and in addition to them. I declare an interest as a current user of the national pupil database.

The proper codification of safeguards would be a huge help. As...

My Lords, I very much support these amendments. I declare an interest as an owner of written copyright in the Good Schools Guide and as a father of an illustrator. In both contexts, it is very important that we get intellectual property right, as I think the Government recognised in...

My Lords, I very much support these amendments. I declare an interest as an owner of written copyright in the Good Schools Guide and as a father of an illustrator. In both contexts, it is very important that we get intellectual property right, as I think the Government recognised in...

Moved by

Lord Lucas (Con)

211F: After Clause 132, insert the following new Clause—

“Local Environmental Records Centres (“LERCs”)

(1) Any planning application involving biodiversity net gain must include a data search report from the relevant Local Environmental Records Centre (LERC), and all data from biodiversity surveys conducted in connection with the application must...

Moved by

Lord Lucas (Con)

211F: After Clause 132, insert the following new Clause—

“Local Environmental Records Centres (“LERCs”)

(1) Any planning application involving biodiversity net gain must include a data search report from the relevant Local Environmental Records Centre (LERC), and all data from biodiversity surveys conducted in connection with the application must...

My Lords, having a system such as this would really focus the public sector on how we can generate more datasets. As I said earlier, education is an obvious one, but so is mobile phone data. All these companies have their licences. If a condition of the licence was that...

My Lords, having a system such as this would really focus the public sector on how we can generate more datasets. As I said earlier, education is an obvious one, but so is mobile phone data. All these companies have their licences. If a condition of the licence was that...

My Lords, environmental data, specifically such things as biodiversity data, is a key component to getting policy in this area right. To do so, we need to make sure that all the good data we are generating around the UK gets into our storage system, and that the best possible...

My Lords, environmental data, specifically such things as biodiversity data, is a key component to getting policy in this area right. To do so, we need to make sure that all the good data we are generating around the UK gets into our storage system, and that the best possible...

My Lords, I am grateful for that extensive answer from the Minister. If I have anything that I hope that she might add, I will write to her afterwards.

My heart is always in the cause of making sure that the Government get their business done on time every time, and...

My Lords, I am grateful for that extensive answer from the Minister. If I have anything that I hope that she might add, I will write to her afterwards.

My heart is always in the cause of making sure that the Government get their business done on time every time, and...