UK Parliament / Open data

Data Protection Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 10 January 2018, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Ashton of Hyde.
Lords report stage third day (part two of two). New clause (Re-identification: effectiveness testing conditions) agreed. New clause (Framework for Data Processing by Government) discussed and withdrawn. New clause (Personal data ethics advisory board and ethics code of practice) discussed and withdrawn. Amendments 151A, 152 to 161, 161A, 162 to 164, 166 to 173, 182, 184, 184A to 184B, 187 to 214 and 216 agreed. Housed adjourned.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

788 cc278-300 

Session

2017-19

Legislative stage

Report stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Data Protection Bill (HL) 2017-19. As amended in Committee.
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Bills
House of Lords
Data Protection Bill [HL]
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2018-0028
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2018-0099
Thursday, 11 January 2018
Deposited papers
House of Lords

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Deposited Paper DEP2018-0121
Thursday, 8 February 2018
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House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c278 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

151A: Clause 162, page 91, line 5, at end insert “and se...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 cc278-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I turn to the new offence of reidentifying de-identified personal data. As a new clause...


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Lord Clement-Jones | 788 c279 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister. We on these Benches had considerable activity from the academic c...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 788 cc279-280 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I echo the noble Lord’s words. We also welcome these amendments. As has been said, this...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c280 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his support on this. I accept that there may be t...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 cc280-1 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

152: Clause 162, page 91, line 16, after “court” insert ...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c281 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

161A: After Clause 162, insert the following new Clause—...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c281 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

162: Clause 164, page 93, line 17, leave out paragraph (...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c281 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

163: Clause 165, page 93, line 37, after second “as” ins...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c282 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

164: Clause 166, page 94, line 34, leave out “literary o...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c282 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

166: Clause 169, page 95, line 36, leave out from beginn...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 cc282-3 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

171: Clause 170, page 96, line 29, leave out paragraphs ...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c283 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

173: Clause 171, page 97, line 8, after “court” insert “...

Lord Clement-Jones | 788 c283 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Clement-Jones

175: Clause 173, page 98, line 26, at end insert—

“...

Lord Clement-Jones | 788 cc283-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as a result of the vagaries of grouping, redrafting and so on, I am in danger of being ...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 788 cc284-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for his introduction and for pavin...

Baroness Kidron | 788 cc285-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too want to speak to this amendment, to which I have added my name, and I acknowledge...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 cc286-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to noble Lords for their comments. Although I have to say at the out...

Baroness Kidron | 788 c287 (Link to this contribution)

Before the Minister sits down, can I get absolute reassurance from him that this is not pushing i...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c287 (Link to this contribution)

It absolutely will not and cannot languish, because we are going to put in the Bill—so on a statu...

Lord Clement-Jones | 788 c287 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response and am only sorry that I, rather than the noble L...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c288 (Link to this contribution)

To be clear, two years after Royal Assent.

Lord Clement-Jones | 788 c288 (Link to this contribution)

Let us hope that that is treated as an important timetable. I was interested that the Minister ex...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c288 (Link to this contribution)

I think it applies to the whole thing, but if I am wrong, I will certainly write to everyone who ...

Lord Clement-Jones | 788 c288 (Link to this contribution)

In that case, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 788 cc288-9 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

176: Clause 175, leave out Clause 175 and insert...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 788 cc289-290 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Government introduced quite late in the proceedings in Committee a group of amendme...

Viscount Hailsham | 788 cc290-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have only two brief observations to make, one supportive and one otherwise. My suppor...

Lord Clement-Jones | 788 c291 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I hear what the noble Viscount said about the amendment, but the problem is that even t...

Earl Attlee | 788 c291 (Link to this contribution)

To regain some favour with my noble friend the Minister, may I just say a little word about affir...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 788 cc291-2 (Link to this contribution)

But I think that the noble Earl would accept that the last time a negative instrument was prayed ...

Earl Attlee | 788 c292 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord may be right but, of course, it is equally very rare that we turn down an affirmat...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 cc292-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have participated. I take on board what the noble Lord, ...

Lord Clement-Jones | 788 c293 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Minister said that the Information Commissioner was consulted, but what was her vie...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c293 (Link to this contribution)

When I said that she was consulted, I said what I meant. This is one of the few areas in the whol...

Lord Clement-Jones | 788 c293 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to keep interrupting the Minister, but is he therefore saying that the frameworks cove...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 cc293-4 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely. The framework exists like other sectoral guidance that is produced, under the overarc...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 788 c294 (Link to this contribution)

I know that we should not be intervening like this on Report, but the phrasing that the Minister ...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 cc294-5 (Link to this contribution)

I think it means that, if the Information Commissioner were considering the case of a data breach...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 788 c295 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister very much indeed for his very full response. I will read it carefully in Han...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 788 c296 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

181: After Clause 178, insert the following new ...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 788 c296 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we can be quite brief on this matter. It is an open secret that both the Government and...

Lord Clement-Jones | 788 c297 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we are at the last knockings on most of the Bill. It is rather ironic that one of the m...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 cc297-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I can certainly confirm that the new Secretary of State is dynamic. In this group we ar...

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 788 c298 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to the Minister for that response. That is probably the right way forward, and...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 cc298-9 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

182: Clause 184, page 103, line 24, leave out from “of” ...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c299 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

184: Clause 189, page 108, line 20, at end insert—

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 c299 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

184A: Clause 192, page 111, line 3, after “of” insert “t...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 788 cc299-300 (Link to this contribution)

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Lord Ashton of Hyde

187: Schedule 18, page 200, line 23, leave out “sections...

Lord Geddes | 788 c300 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am not really allowed to do this, but I would like to express my appreciation to the ...

Earl Attlee | 788 c300 (Link to this contribution)

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Earl Attlee

216: Clause 195, page 112, line 31, at end insert—

“( ) se...

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