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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Mr Ustaran, what do you perceive the value of EU adequacy to be? What would be the consequences for your businesses and other businesses and the UK market of losing such an…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning to our guests joining us via Zoom. Ms Bellamy, in your opinion has it been difficult for businesses to adapt to the EU GDPR? If so, do you think the changes in the…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)I have more questions if our other witnesses are with us.10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Brilliant. What are your thoughts on giving the Secretary of State the power to amendment data protection legislation further? Do you think it is necessary to future-proof the…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Could you give more detail on who you think would benefit or lose out, and in what ways? Vivienne Artz: Consumers would absolutely benefit, and that is where our priority needs…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Welcome. Vivienne, would you be in favour of implementing a smart data regime in your industry? If so, why? Vivienne Artz: Yes, we are interested in implementing a smart data…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)That is useful. Thank you.10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Parts of the Bill refer to there being “meaningful human involvement” and “significant decisions” within automated decision making. That might be in an application for a mortgage…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Linked to that, what about terms like “meaningful human involvement” and “significant decision” with regards to automated decision making? John Edwards: Sorry, what is your…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q I will come on to a slightly different topic now. The ICO will play a huge role in enforcing the measures in the Bill. Is there enough clarity in the Bill to ensure that the…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q If the Secretary of State can veto a code of practice that the commission has produced regarding the activities of Government, will that not mean that they are, effectively,…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q If the Bill is passed in its current form, the Secretary of State—whoever that might be—will have the ability to approve and veto statutory codes of practice produced by the…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q I would like to ask about the independence of the ICO as it stands. Do you have any experience of being directed by the Secretary of State in a way that has threatened the…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning and welcome. The Bill creates a new body corporate to replace the corporation sole. What impact, both in the short and long term, do you think that will have on its…10 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (First sitting)I am a proud member of a trade union. I refer the Committee to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.10 May 2023HANSARDScience and Technology Sector: International CompetitivenessBroadband access is essential to UK competitiveness, yet Ofcom has revealed that just 220,000 of the 8 million households struggling to pay their internet bill have signed up to a…03 May 2023HANSARD UkraineYes, Madam Deputy Speaker. Will you advise me whether it is in order for Ministers to suggest that Opposition Members do not support our armed forces when we are doing our job in…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Voter IDThe Minister simply has not answered the question whether, if people turn up outside and are turned away outside, they will be counted in the data. She has just read out a note…27 Apr 2023HANSARD UkraineOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.27 Apr 2023HANSARD UkraineGiven the seriousness of the situation, why are Ministers pressing ahead with further cuts to the British Army, with troop numbers estimated to fall by a further 10,000?27 Apr 2023