Points of order on why new clause 30 (Access to a deceased child’s social media data) was not called. Clause 117, discussed with an amendment, new clause 10 (Data Vision and Strategy), new clause 11 (Departmental Board Appointments), and new clause 16 (Data use in Public Service Delivery Review), agreed to. Clauses 118 to 120 agreed to. Schedule 14 agreed to. Clause 121, discussed with new clause 3 (Health and social care data records), a Government amendment and schedule 15, agreed to. Schedule 15 agreed to, as amended. Schedule 16 agreed to. Clauses 122 and 123 agreed to. Clause 124, discussed with new clause 29 (Compliance with Section 124 of this Act and Part 3, Chapter 2 of the Online Safety Act 2023), agreed to. Clauses 125 to 134 agreed to. Clauses 135 to 139 disagreed to on division (2 votes to 9 in each case). Clause 140 disagreed to on division (4 votes to 11). Clause 141 agreed to, as amended. Clauses 142 to 147 agreed to, with clauses 144 and 147 agreed to as amended. New clause 2 (Impact of this Act and other developments at national and international level on EU data adequacy decision), debated and withdrawn. New clause 6 (Public-interest data trusts and communities), discussed with new clause 25 (Promotion of public-interest data trusts and communities), and new clause 28 (Public-interest data altruism), debated and withdrawn. New clause 9 (Right to use non-digital verification services), negatived on division (2 votes to 9). New clause 17 (Statement on application of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to activities by web-crawlers or artificial intelligence models), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 18 (Report on regulation of web-crawlers and artificial intelligence models on use of creative content) negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 19 (Report on reducing barriers to market entry for start-ups and smaller AI enterprises on use of and access to data), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 20 (Publication of a technological standard), negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 21 (Age of consent for social media data processing), negatived on division (2 votes to 9). Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 199). Committee rose. Written evidence reported to the House.

Points of order on why new clause 30 (Access to a deceased child’s social media data) was not called. Clause 117, discussed with an amendment, new clause 10 (Data Vision and Strategy), new clause 11 (Departmental Board Appointments), and new clause 16 (Data use in Public Service Delivery Review), agreed...

Lords committee stage fourth day. Clauses 90 and 91 agreed to. Clause 92, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 93 to 102 agreed to. Schedule 10 agreed to. Clauses 103 to 107 agreed to. Schedule 11 agreed to. Clauses 108 to 111 agreed to. Schedule 12 agreed to. Clauses 112 and 113 agreed to. Schedule 13 agreed to. Clauses 114 and 115 agreed to. Schedule 14 agreed to. Clauses 116 to 119 agreed to. Schedule 15 agreed to. Clause 120 agreed to. Schedule 16 agreed to. Clauses 121 to 134 agreed to. Clause 135, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 136 to 138 agreed to. Bill reported with amendments (HL Bill 57).

Lords committee stage fourth day. Clauses 90 and 91 agreed to. Clause 92, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 93 to 102 agreed to. Schedule 10 agreed to. Clauses 103 to 107 agreed to. Schedule 11 agreed to. Clauses 108 to 111 agreed to. Schedule 12 agreed to. Clauses 112 and...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

136: Clause 92, page 117, line 24, leave out from “of” to the end of line 27 and insert “—

(a) a code prepared under section 124A, or

(b) an amendment of such a code,

that is specified or described in the regulations.”

Member’s explanatory statement

New section 124B(11) of the...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

136: Clause 92, page 117, line 24, leave out from “of” to the end of line 27 and insert “—

(a) a code prepared under section 124A, or

(b) an amendment of such a code,

that is specified or described in the regulations.”

Member’s explanatory statement

New section 124B(11) of the...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

138: After Clause 92, insert the following new Clause—

“Code on processing personal data in education where it concerns a child or pupil

(1) The Information Commissioner must consult on, prepare and publish a Code of Practice on standards to be followed in relation to the collection, processing, publication and...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

138: After Clause 92, insert the following new Clause—

“Code on processing personal data in education where it concerns a child or pupil

(1) The Information Commissioner must consult on, prepare and publish a Code of Practice on standards to be followed in relation to the collection, processing, publication and...

Moved by

Baroness Kidron

197: Clause 123, page 153, line 6, leave out “may by regulations” and insert “must, as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than 12 months after the day on which this Act is passed, make and lay regulations to”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment removes the Secretary of State’s...

Moved by

Baroness Kidron

197: Clause 123, page 153, line 6, leave out “may by regulations” and insert “must, as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than 12 months after the day on which this Act is passed, make and lay regulations to”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment removes the Secretary of State’s...

My Lords, unusually, I rise to move an amendment, Amendment 138. For the second time in Committee, I find myself heading a group when I know that the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, will be much better qualified to introduce the subject. Indeed, she has an amendment, Amendment 141, which is...

My Lords, unusually, I rise to move an amendment, Amendment 138. For the second time in Committee, I find myself heading a group when I know that the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, will be much better qualified to introduce the subject. Indeed, she has an amendment, Amendment 141, which is...

My Lords, I support and have added my name to Amendment 138 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. I will also speak to Amendment 141 in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Knight and Lord Russell, and the noble Baroness, Lady Harding.

Both these amendments...

My Lords, I support and have added my name to Amendment 138 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. I will also speak to Amendment 141 in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Knight and Lord Russell, and the noble Baroness, Lady Harding.

Both these amendments...

My Lords, I was unsure whether to support Amendment 141, let alone speak to it, simply because I have a number of interests in this area and I should be clear about those. I chair Century-Tech Ltd, which is an AI edtech company; I am on the board of Educate...

My Lords, I was unsure whether to support Amendment 141, let alone speak to it, simply because I have a number of interests in this area and I should be clear about those. I chair Century-Tech Ltd, which is an AI edtech company; I am on the board of Educate...

I shall speak very briefly, because the previous three speakers have covered the ground extremely well and made some extremely powerful arguments.

The noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, put her finger on it. The default position of departments such as the DfE, if they recognise there is a problem, is to issue...

I shall speak very briefly, because the previous three speakers have covered the ground extremely well and made some extremely powerful arguments.

The noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, put her finger on it. The default position of departments such as the DfE, if they recognise there is a problem, is to issue...

My Lords, I make a brief intervention. I am not against these amendments —they are very useful in the context of the Bill. However, I am reflecting on the fact that, when we drafted GDPR, we took a six-year process and failed in the course of doing so to really...

My Lords, I make a brief intervention. I am not against these amendments —they are very useful in the context of the Bill. However, I am reflecting on the fact that, when we drafted GDPR, we took a six-year process and failed in the course of doing so to really...

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...

I start by thanking all noble Lords who spoke; I enjoyed the vivid examples that were shared by so many of them. I particularly enjoyed the comment from the noble Lord, Lord Russell, about the huge gulf in difference between guidance, of which there is far too much, and a...

I start by thanking all noble Lords who spoke; I enjoyed the vivid examples that were shared by so many of them. I particularly enjoyed the comment from the noble Lord, Lord Russell, about the huge gulf in difference between guidance, of which there is far too much, and a...

My Lords, Amendment 138 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and Amendment 141, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and the noble Lord, Lord Knight, would both require the ICO to publish a code of practice for controllers and processors on the processing of personal data by educational...

My Lords, Amendment 138 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and Amendment 141, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and the noble Lord, Lord Knight, would both require the ICO to publish a code of practice for controllers and processors on the processing of personal data by educational...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and all speakers in this debate. On the speech from the noble Lord, Lord Knight, I entirely agree with the Minister and the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, that it is important to remind ourselves about the benefits that can be achieved...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and all speakers in this debate. On the speech from the noble Lord, Lord Knight, I entirely agree with the Minister and the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, that it is important to remind ourselves about the benefits that can be achieved...

Moved by

Lord Holmes of Richmond

156A: After Clause 107, insert the following new Clause—

“Data use: definition of unauthorised access to computer programs or data

In section 17 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, at the end of subsection (5) insert—

“(c) they do not reasonably believe that the person entitled to control access...

Moved by

Lord Holmes of Richmond

156A: After Clause 107, insert the following new Clause—

“Data use: definition of unauthorised access to computer programs or data

In section 17 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, at the end of subsection (5) insert—

“(c) they do not reasonably believe that the person entitled to control access...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in today’s Committee proceedings. In doing so, I declare my technology interests as set out in the register, not least as an adviser to Socially Recruited, an AI business. In moving Amendment 156A, I will also speak to Amendment 156B, and...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in today’s Committee proceedings. In doing so, I declare my technology interests as set out in the register, not least as an adviser to Socially Recruited, an AI business. In moving Amendment 156A, I will also speak to Amendment 156B, and...

My Lords, I was delighted to see these amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Holmes. He, the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, and I, along with many other parliamentarians, have long argued for changes to the Computer Misuse Act. For context, the original Act was created largely in response to...

My Lords, I was delighted to see these amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Holmes. He, the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, and I, along with many other parliamentarians, have long argued for changes to the Computer Misuse Act. For context, the original Act was created largely in response to...

My Lords, following on from what I said on earlier amendments, this is worse than what the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, has just expressed. Indeed, I fully support the amendments of my noble friend Lord Holmes. However, this just demonstrates, yet again, that unless we pull ourselves together, with better...

My Lords, following on from what I said on earlier amendments, this is worse than what the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, has just expressed. Indeed, I fully support the amendments of my noble friend Lord Holmes. However, this just demonstrates, yet again, that unless we pull ourselves together, with better...

My Lords, I rise briefly but strongly to support my noble friend Lord Holmes. The CyberUp campaign has been banging this drum for a long time now. I remember taking part in the debates in another place on the Computer Misuse Act 34 years ago. It was the time of...

My Lords, I rise briefly but strongly to support my noble friend Lord Holmes. The CyberUp campaign has been banging this drum for a long time now. I remember taking part in the debates in another place on the Computer Misuse Act 34 years ago. It was the time of...

My Lords, we ought to be mindful and congratulate the noble Lord on having been parliamentarian of the year as a result of his campaigning activities.

My Lords, we ought to be mindful and congratulate the noble Lord on having been parliamentarian of the year as a result of his campaigning activities.