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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. Mr Combemale, will you set out some of the obstacles for your organisation, and how you would like the Bill to reduce them? Chris Combemale: I think the single…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Which particular sectors offer the most opportunity? Neil Ross: I do not want to name specific sectors at this point. We are having a lot of engagement with our members about…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Mr Ross, I know that techUK has been supportive of a number of elements of the Bill, particularly around the opportunities created by the use of smart data. Will you set out…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q In the interests of time, I will ask you one other question. Mr Edwards, you had experience as the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner for some time. New Zealand is one of the…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q So would you expect that as a result of the Bill, the bar to obtain certification will be higher? Keith Rosser: Yes. The requirement on DVSs to tackle fraud should be higher…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Can you say a little bit more about the implications of personal data sharing between countries, the extent to which that might lead to a lowering of standards of protection and…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q You have a lot of experience in respect of international data transfers. The European Union has a number of data adequacy agreements around the world, but the process to…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Obviously it is already possible for us to undertake international data transfers to countries with which we do not have an adequacy agreement. Can you set out the advantages of…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q You need to be satisfied that the third country maintains the same level of data protection standards that exists in the UK. To what extent has that been an impediment for data…10 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs my right hon. Friend will be aware, today is World Press Freedom Day. At a time when the need for professional and factual journalism has never been greater, will he reaffirm…03 May 2023HANSARDRepairing Potholes: Funding in Spring Budget 2023I can tell my hon. Friend that in Maldon also the repair of potholes is one of the top issues on the doorstep. Would he therefore congratulate the Conservative-led administration…20 Apr 2023HANSARDRepairing Potholes: Funding in Spring Budget 20236. What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of the funding for repairing potholes announced in the spring Budget 2023.20 Apr 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) BillI agree with my hon. Friend on that. The use of smart data in open banking demonstrates the benefits that can flow from its use, and that example could be replicated in a large…17 Apr 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) BillI welcome the Bill. I am delighted that it finally takes advantage of one of the freedoms that has resulted from our leaving the European Union, which I supported at the time and…17 Apr 2023HANSARD Vladimir Kara-MurzaMy right hon. Friend will be aware that Vladimir Kara-Murza is a former journalist and one of 22 journalists currently imprisoned in Russia, including Evan Gershkovich of The Wall…17 Apr 2023HANSARD Powering Up BritainI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and strongly welcome the Government’s commitment to a new generation of nuclear power stations, which are going to play an essential…30 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. My right hon. Friend will be aware that our creative industries rely on a stable copyright regime to protect thousands of jobs. Can she reassure them that the Government have…23 Mar 2023HANSARDTrade: Indo-PacificI thank my right hon. Friend for the assistance that her Department gives me in my role as trade envoy to the Republic of Korea. Does she agree that the forthcoming negotiations…23 Mar 2023HANSARDTrade: Indo-Pacific18. What steps her Department is taking to help businesses increase their level of trade in the Indo-Pacific region.23 Mar 2023HANSARD Shellfish AquacultureI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on obtaining this debate. I echo an awful lot of what he said. There is enormous potential for the expansion…15 Mar 2023