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HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords who have raised this important topic. I say at the outset that I appreciate and pay tribute to those who have worked on this for many years—in particular…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I am glad we are on the same page on all that. I now turn to the specifics of the amendments. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Freyberg and Lord Holmes, and the noble Viscount, Lord…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]To be on the safe side, I will write to the noble Baroness. We feel that other bits in the provisions of the Bill cover the other aspects but, just to be clear on it, I will write…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I have not seen that observation, but we will look at it. It goes back to my point that the provisions in this Bill are designed to be future facing as well as for the current…10 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I might need to write to the noble Viscount, but I am pretty sure that that is happening at an official level on a fairly regular basis. The noble Viscount raises an important…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Well, details of it were in our manifesto, in as much as a manifesto is ever detailed. It is a commitment to deliver cross-departmental government services and create a means…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Was that a question on age assurance?03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]Again, I will have to write to the noble Lord on that. I think we were saying that it is outside the current obligations of the ICO, but we will clarify the responsibility.03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]On Amendment 57, legislation is already in place to ensure the security of electronic registers. Articles 25 and 32 of the UK General Data Protection Regulation impose duties on…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank both noble Lords for raising this; I absolutely concur with them on how important it is. In fact, I remember going to see the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, when he was in…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]First, let me say what a pleasure it is to be back on this old ground again, although with slightly different functions this time round. I very much support what the noble…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, of course we want to take trust seriously. I could not agree more that the whole set of proposals is predicated on that. Noble Lords have all made the point, in…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]The amendments in group 2 cover smart data and relate to the Secretary of State and the Treasury. Apart from the financial services sector clauses, most of the powers in Part 1,…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Viscount for raising the issue of the National Underground Asset Register’s cybersecurity. As he said, Amendment 55 seeks to require more detail on the security…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I confirm that I am happy to write.03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have had a good and wide-ranging discussion on all this. I will try to deal with the issues as they were raised. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, for the proposed…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, explained very well how the Tell Us Once service works. It is a really important asset for bereaved citizens who would otherwise have…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have had a detailed discussion, and it may be that I will not be able to pick up all the points that noble Lords have raised. If I do not, I guarantee to write to…03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]If it helps a little, I would be very happy to write to the noble Viscount on this matter.03 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]The noble Lord is tempting me. What I would say is that, once this legislation is passed, it will encourage departments to look in detail at where they think smart data schemes…03 Dec 2024