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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Currently. Jonathan Sellors : Currently—I accept that. Tom Schumacher: I would say a couple of things. It is important to know that the Bill preserves the full array of safeguards…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Yes, but people might not want their data to be used for that. They would have no control over it in this case. Jonathan Sellors: There has to be some element of scientific…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Let me ask a follow-up question. I recognise that your intent in research is ethical—there are ethics committees involved. Given the definition of scientific research to be…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you very much for those points. You mentioned data verification services. Briefly, can you help the Committee to understand who would be providing those services and who…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Yes, I certainly agree with that—it is almost impossible—but I do think it is possible to re-identify data without spending millions of pounds, especially when it is correlated…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q You have both spoken very passionately, if I may say so, about the importance of citizens being in control of their data, particularly with open banking. We all take very…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you think it should be available to you? Are there reasons why it is not available to you? Aimee Reed: It is about getting right the balance between what we do with people’s…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Is it about the speed of exchange with other Government agencies or with local government agencies? Aimee Reed: It is more with our local partners. I am sure that our partners…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q I think you implied that there was data that you would like to have access to but currently do not have access to. Can you elaborate on what data you do not have access to in…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q But not all research, surely, because the definition of research is something that can “reasonably be described as scientific” research. You would see concerns, then, if data…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you very much for your evidence so far. It is going to be informative about the use of digital ID in recruitment. You said earlier that it helps to separate away from…10 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. Today, manufacturing body Make UK warned the Government that, to tackle regional inequalities and compete on a national stage, we need a national industrial strategy as a…09 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Secretary of State to her position and wish the right hon. Member for Chippenham (Michelle Donelan) well in her maternity leave. Three years on, the Tories have…03 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt seems that the Tory science superpower is actually just cooking the books. Ministers promised to increase science spend outside London and the south-east by a third while…03 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe conflict in Sudan is a humanitarian disaster not only for the 46 million Sudanese but for the east African region and the continent, with the expectation of hundreds of…02 May 2023HANSARDReforms to NHS DentistryI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this excellent and incredibly important debate. In Newcastle, where NHS dentistry access has become almost impossible for so many of my…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Sudan UpdateWe have all watched Sudan’s descent into civil war with horror, but for the Sudanese diaspora in Britain and British nationals in Sudan this is a time of immense trauma and…27 Apr 2023HANSARD UkraineThe courage and determination of the Ukrainian people in the face of Putin’s aggression is an inspiration to us all, but it is also a challenge to us to ensure that if we cannot…27 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister is forever promising better bus services for tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes—much like the buses—leaving my constituents stranded at bus stops. When will he…20 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. The experience of my constituents who are on prepayment meters is atrocious, and today’s announcement from Ofcom will do absolutely nothing to protect vulnerable groups such…18 Apr 2023