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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Clause 40 sets out the criteria by which a data controller can refuse data access requests. Do you think this is appropriate? Are you concerned that it may lead to a situation…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q The potential difficulty here is that the responsibility is being put on the company. You have described a responsible company that categorises levels of risk and takes action…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Do you think the threshold for something to be considered vexatious or excessive is well understood? Vivienne Artz : We have heard from the Information Commissioner that they…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q A number of organisations have expressed concerns about moving to a situation in which we can refuse subject access requests or indeed charge a fee. Do you believe the…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q We can probably broadly split these decisions into two categories. Decisions are already being made by algorithms online, according to what we are looking at. If I look up a…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Chris, you said that you are not a lawyer and cannot define what low risk is, but there will of course have to be some sort of definition. Have we captured that well enough?…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q I might come back to that in a second, but I think Neil wanted to add something. Neil Ross: I was going to say that you can see how Chris has interpreted it through the lens of…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q We have heard already this morning that a number of words and phrases could have some ambiguity associated with them, such as the word “excessive”, and the Bill allowing certain…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q And you are not comfortable that those have been considered properly in the Bill. Dr Tennison: I am not comfortable that they are directed to the right people.10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Jeni, can I come back to you on automated decision making? You have suggested that a requirement to notify people when an automated decision is made about them would be a useful…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q How frequently do we expect such requests to be refused off the back of this legislation? Vivienne Artz: I think it depends on the sector. I come from the financial services…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Thank you.10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q The subject, rather than the decision maker. Dr Tennison: Yes.10 May 2023HANSARDCoronation: Policing of ProtestsCan the Minister confirm whether the right to peaceful protest applies only if an individual’s views chime with the Government’s?09 May 2023HANSARD Yemen: Humanitarian Situation and Children’s RightsI thank the hon. Member for that intervention. I will come on to the arms trade with Saudi Arabia and Britain’s role in that, but we cannot just be seen as a benevolent overseer…09 May 2023HANSARD Yemen: Humanitarian Situation and Children’s RightsI beg to move, That this House has considered the humanitarian situation in Yemen and children’s rights. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. Labelled…09 May 2023HANSARD Yemen: Humanitarian Situation and Children’s RightsThe hon. Gentleman highlights the very nub of the debate. It is not just that the money is not going in; one of the big issues is that non-governmental organisations on the ground…09 May 2023HANSARD Yemen: Humanitarian Situation and Children’s RightsI want to start by thanking all Members who have contributed today to ensure that this so-called forgotten conflict remains high up the political agenda. That is the first thing,…09 May 2023HANSARD Yemen: Humanitarian Situation and Children’s RightsThe Minister is comparing last year’s figures with this year’s. In my speech, I highlighted that the current figures are actually a third of what they were in 2020, so we have had…09 May 2023HANSARD Yemen: Humanitarian Situation and Children’s RightsAll of us here are optimistic about where this might go. Even if peace is brought about by the coalition and starts tomorrow—the UK is the UN penholder for Yemen, we have a…09 May 2023