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HANSARD Professional Wrestling: Event Licensing and GuidanceI think there are two separate points there about the health and safety guidance and the licensing. I fully acknowledge that there is a lack of clarity—shall we say?—in each of…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Professional Wrestling: Event Licensing and GuidanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon. Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols) on obtaining this debate and on her very…07 Jun 2023HANSARDLocal TelevisionThe Government have today published on gov.uk a consultation addressing arrangements for the renewal of the local TV multiplex licence and for the renewal, or relicensing, of the…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Professional Wrestling: Event Licensing and GuidanceCertainly. I agree that it would be helpful if we removed the confusion and lack of clarity. As I said, licensing is a Home Office responsibility but, if further work can be done…07 Jun 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)I shall not repeat all that has been said about the purpose of the clause. To recap quickly, consent is required for any non-essential functions, such as audience measurement,…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 104 will repeal the role of the Biometrics Commissioner and transfer the casework functions to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner. There is an extensive legal framework…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I am happy to provide the further detail that the hon. Lady has requested. Question put and agreed to. Clause 104 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 105…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 106 makes changes to the national DNA database strategy board, which provides oversight of the operation of the national DNA database, including setting policies for access…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)DNA and fingerprints are key tools in helping the police to identify and eliminate suspects quickly and accurately by comparing evidence left at crime scenes with the appropriate…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I would add only that this is an area where technology is moving very fast, as I referred to earlier. We think it is right to put in place this provision, to allow an extension if…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)We have previously debated the efficacy of the affirmative resolution procedure. I recognise that the hon. Lady is not convinced about how effective it is in terms of…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Barnsley East for moving new clause 9. We completely share her wish to ensure that Government and public authorities provide transparency in the way…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for setting out the purposes of the new clause. As she has described, it aims to require the Secretary of State to use regulation-making powers…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)We absolutely agree with the Opposition about the importance of privacy enhancing technologies, which I will call PETs, since I spoke on them recently and was told that was the…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)New clause 13 would require the Information Commission to establish a new separate statutory biometrics office with responsibility for the oversight and regulation of biometric…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough, who has been assiduous in pursuing her point and has set out very clearly the purpose of her new clause. We share her wish to…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)May I join the hon. Lady in expressing thanks to you, Mr Hollobone, and to Mr Paisley for chairing the Bill Committee so efficiently and getting us to this point ahead of…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for making it clear that the Opposition share our general objective in the clause. As she points out, the intention of cookies has been undermined…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 49, in clause 79, page 102, leave out lines 21 to 23. Clause 79 amends regulation 6 of the PEC Regulations to create new exceptions from the prohibition on…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 79 reforms regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, which sets the rules on when an organisation can store information or…23 May 2023