Amendment 70 to clause 47 negatived on division (6 to 7). Amendment 48 to clause 47 negatived on division (6 to 7). Amendment 49 to clause 47 negatived on division (6 to 7). Clause 47, discussed with new clauses 7 and 8, agreed to. Clauses 48 to 50 agreed to. Amendment 6 to schedule 7 negatived on division (2 to 8). Schedule 7 agreed to. Clauses 51 to 57 agreed to. Written evidence reported to the House.

Amendment 70 to clause 47 negatived on division (6 to 7). Amendment 48 to clause 47 negatived on division (6 to 7). Amendment 49 to clause 47 negatived on division (6 to 7). Clause 47, discussed with new clauses 7 and 8, agreed to. Clauses 48 to 50 agreed to....

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 19 September 2024 (HL968), why the Privacy Enhancing Technology data protection impact assessment has not been published, and when they plan to publish it.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 19 September 2024 (HL968), why the Privacy Enhancing Technology data protection impact assessment has not been published, and when they plan to publish it.

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Baroness Blake of Leeds to Peers regarding the 10-Year Health Plan and points raised during the statement repeat announcing the plan: single-patient record, wearables and data security, fracture liaison services, neighbourhood health plans, delivery road map for the Plan, palliative care, mental health investment standard, and the cancer plan 5p.

Letter dated 22/07/2025 from Baroness Blake of Leeds to Peers regarding the 10-Year Health Plan and points raised during the statement repeat announcing the plan: single-patient record, wearables and data security, fracture liaison services, neighbourhood health plans, delivery road map for the Plan, palliative care, mental health investment standard, and...

I. Requests for victim information: Draft code of practice. 45p. II. Victim information requests: Code of practice and counselling services definition. Government consultation. 25p.

I. Requests for victim information: Draft code of practice. 45p. II. Victim information requests: Code of practice and counselling services definition. Government consultation. 25p.

Clause 66 agreed to. Clause 67 agreed to as amended. Clauses 68 and 69 agreed to. Clause 70, discussed with amendments, new clause 5 (Parliamentary approval for changes to data safeguards), new clause 22 (Statement on changes to recognise legitimate interest), and schedule 4, agreed to. Schedules 4 and 5 agreed to. Clauses 71 to 79 agreed to. Clause 80, discussed with an amendment and new clause 23 (Definition of meaningful human involvement in automated decision-making), schedule 6, new clause 1 (Requirements of public sector organisations on use of algorithmic or automated decision-making systems), new clause 4 (Register of algorithmic tools used in public sector decision-making), new clause 7 (Information regarding high-risk AI decisions), new clause 24 (Register of algorithmic tools used in public sector decision-making), new clause 26 (Provision of explanations for high-risk AI decisions). Clause 80 agreed to. Schedule 6 agreed to. Clause 81, discussed with new clause 21 (Age of consent for social media data processing), agreed to. Clauses 82 to 88 agreed to. Schedules 7 to 9 agreed to. Clause 89, discussed with clause 90 stand part and new clause 8 (Intelligence services and law enforcement data-sharing: enhanced oversight), agreed to. Clauses 90 and 91 agreed to. Clause 92, discussed with new clause 27 (Secretary of State’s powers in relation to the Information Commission) and clause 93 stand part, agreed to. Clauses 93 and 94 agreed to. Clause 95, discussed with an amendment, Clauses 135 to 139 stand part, new clause 17 (Statement on application of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to activities by web-crawlers or artificial intelligence models), New clause 18 (Report on regulation of web-crawlers and artificial intelligence models on use of creative content), new clause 19 (Report on reducing barriers to market entry for start-ups and smaller AI enterprises on use of and access to data), and new clause 20 (Publication of a technological standard). Clause 95 agreed to as amended. Clause 96 to 116 agreed to. Schedules 10 to 13 agreed to. Committee adjourned

Clause 66 agreed to. Clause 67 agreed to as amended. Clauses 68 and 69 agreed to. Clause 70, discussed with amendments, new clause 5 (Parliamentary approval for changes to data safeguards), new clause 22 (Statement on changes to recognise legitimate interest), and schedule 4, agreed to. Schedules 4 and 5...

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...

Second reading. Agreed to on question. Programme motion. Agreed to on question. Money resolution. King's recommendation signified. Agreed to on question. Ways and means resolution. Agreed to on question.

Second reading. Agreed to on question. Programme motion. Agreed to on question. Money resolution. King's recommendation signified. Agreed to on question. Ways and means resolution. Agreed to on question.

I beg to move. That the Bill be now read a Second time.

The Government are using technology to grow the economy and create new jobs in order to empower citizens and deliver a smaller, smarter state, but none of that is possible without data. Successive Governments failed to set out...

I beg to move. That the Bill be now read a Second time.

The Government are using technology to grow the economy and create new jobs in order to empower citizens and deliver a smaller, smarter state, but none of that is possible without data. Successive Governments failed to set out...

The Secretary of State says that successive Governments failed to act, but is it not the case that this Bill is almost identical to the one that the last Conservative Government introduced, which very nearly made it on to the statute book?

The Secretary of State says that successive Governments failed to act, but is it not the case that this Bill is almost identical to the one that the last Conservative Government introduced, which very nearly made it on to the statute book?

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for pointing that out. Indeed, a lot of this Bill is based on the one that his Government introduced. They called a general election, which halted it in its tracks. We offered to get that Bill through in wash-up, but that was...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for pointing that out. Indeed, a lot of this Bill is based on the one that his Government introduced. They called a general election, which halted it in its tracks. We offered to get that Bill through in wash-up, but that was...

Can the Secretary of State outline the benefits that this Bill will have for my constituents in Harlow? I am thinking in particular of residents with multiple prescriptions who struggle to quickly have the data at their fingertips.

Can the Secretary of State outline the benefits that this Bill will have for my constituents in Harlow? I am thinking in particular of residents with multiple prescriptions who struggle to quickly have the data at their fingertips.

My hon. Friend is championing his constituents, and I am pleased to inform him that the Bill will deliver much more streamlined access to the healthcare system, from primary care right the way through to hospitals, where information should flow freely, not just because of the incentives being put in...

My hon. Friend is championing his constituents, and I am pleased to inform him that the Bill will deliver much more streamlined access to the healthcare system, from primary care right the way through to hospitals, where information should flow freely, not just because of the incentives being put in...

Open banking benefits 12 million customers every year by allowing them access to their data. It has been a great success. Does the Secretary of State see that as a model for how citizens can access their data held by the state?

Open banking benefits 12 million customers every year by allowing them access to their data. It has been a great success. Does the Secretary of State see that as a model for how citizens can access their data held by the state?

Smart data underpins the service that the hon. Gentleman refers to. We see boundless opportunities for smart data to be applied in new ways, and the Bill before us will unlock some of those opportunities. I am grateful to him for getting that on the record.

An electronic register of births...

Smart data underpins the service that the hon. Gentleman refers to. We see boundless opportunities for smart data to be applied in new ways, and the Bill before us will unlock some of those opportunities. I am grateful to him for getting that on the record.

An electronic register of births...

Some of my constituents have raised concerns about how their information will be kept safely in the online register of births and deaths. How will the Secretary of State ensure that the Government keep such information safely?

Some of my constituents have raised concerns about how their information will be kept safely in the online register of births and deaths. How will the Secretary of State ensure that the Government keep such information safely?

It is imperative that we reassure people up and down the country that their data will be used safely and wisely, and that they will always remain in control of how their data is used. I can give my hon. Friend those reassurances. The House will notice that this Government...

It is imperative that we reassure people up and down the country that their data will be used safely and wisely, and that they will always remain in control of how their data is used. I can give my hon. Friend those reassurances. The House will notice that this Government...

There is a great deal in this Bill that we can all support, but some difficult concepts lurk within it, as I know the Secretary of State will recognise. He is talking about data transparency. One of the issues of concern is about precisely what we mean by the “scientific...

There is a great deal in this Bill that we can all support, but some difficult concepts lurk within it, as I know the Secretary of State will recognise. He is talking about data transparency. One of the issues of concern is about precisely what we mean by the “scientific...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his informed intervention. I can assure him that we take this issue very seriously. I can also assure him that this is one of the issues on which we will go into considerable depth in Committee, and I am sure that...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his informed intervention. I can assure him that we take this issue very seriously. I can also assure him that this is one of the issues on which we will go into considerable depth in Committee, and I am sure that...

The Secretary of State will be aware that clause 80 removes the existing right of individuals not to be subjected to solely automated decision-making processes unless it involves a category of special data. In practice, this might mean that journalists could have their data processed through ADM, which could pose...

The Secretary of State will be aware that clause 80 removes the existing right of individuals not to be subjected to solely automated decision-making processes unless it involves a category of special data. In practice, this might mean that journalists could have their data processed through ADM, which could pose...