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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I share my hon. Friend’s general view. Customers can authorise that their data be shared through devices with other providers, so they should equally have the right to take back…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)I welcome the support of the Opposition for many of the principles contained in the clauses. I turn to amendment 111, tabled by the hon. Lady. As the clause originally sets out,…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)Given the significant number of ways in which personal data can be used, we believe that it is important that the regulator provides guidance for data controllers, particularly on…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her support. I entirely take her point that a trust mark only really works if people know what it is and can look for it when seeking a DVS…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)Clauses 58 to 60 set out powers and duties conferred upon the Secretary of State in relation to the exercise of her governance and oversight functions under part 2. Clause 58…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)Ms Irvine may have been surprised. I have to say that we were not. What the Information Commissioner said absolutely chimed with our view of the statement, so I am afraid on this…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)We agree about the importance of the independence of the Information Commissioner, but I do not think that the statement, as we have set out, is an attempt to interfere with that.…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)I think that was slightly qualified support for the clause. Nevertheless, we welcome the support of the Opposition. Question put and agreed to. Clause 27 accordingly ordered to…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)We are obviously at a very early stage in the development of this market. At the moment, it is felt right that oversight should rest with the Secretary of State, but it may be…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 46, in clause 61, page 85, line 24, after “supplied” insert “or provided”. The definition of “business data” in clause 61 refers to the supply or provision…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)We move on to part 3 of the Bill, concerning smart data usage, which I know is of interest to a number of Members. Before I discuss the detail of clause 61 and amendment 46, I…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 62 provides the principal regulation-making power to establish smart data schemes in relation to customer data. The clause enables the Secretary of State or the Treasury to…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 64 provides the principal regulation-making power for the creation of smart data schemes relating to business data. Regulations created through this clause allow for…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I think it is probably sensible if I come back to the hon. Lady on that point. I am sure we would be happy to provide examples if there are ones that we can identify. Question put…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)Clauses 66 to 72 contain a number of provisions that will allow smart data regulations to function effectively. They are provisions on decision makers who approve and monitor…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)When the Committee last adjourned, I had already spoken to clauses 24 to 26 and was responding to amendment 105, which was tabled by the hon. Member for Barnsley East. However,…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)We now come to the provisions in the Bill relating to the powers of the Information Commissioner. Clause 27 will introduce a new strategic framework for the Information…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 28 provides a power for the Secretary of State to prepare a statement of strategic priorities relating to data protection as part of the new strategic framework for the…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)Obviously that is a matter for the Information Commissioner, but that is the overriding principal objective. I am about to set out some of the other objectives that the clause…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting)I assure the hon. Lady that I and, no doubt, the whole Committee share her excitement about the potential offered by smart data, and I have sympathy for the intention behind her…18 May 2023