Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

My apologies to the noble Lord but his microphone does not seem to be working. I wonder whether h...

I am sorry. I assumed that my microphone was on.

It is but I do not think it is working. I do not know whether anybody else is having problems wit...

Okay. It does not quite reach me up here; I could sit down if that would be helpful.

No, carry on.

I will try to line up with it better. Amendments 202 to 205 flag concerns with proposed new Regul...

My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord L...

My Lords, Clause 109 makes changes to the regulations relating to the use of cookies, which, on t...

My Lords, I do not know how unusual this is, but we are on the same page across both sides of the...

My Lords, if the Committee will indulge me, I was a little late arriving for the introduction to ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to make my first foray at the Dispatch Box on this Bill in what has be...

I am interested in the Minister’s point about the flexibility the Government see in this clause, ...

The Minister used the expression “when the evidence emerges”, as did the noble Viscount, Lord Cam...

I thank both noble Lords for their interventions. On the point from the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, ...

Will the Minister write and unpack exactly what the balance of opinion was? We are talking about ...

In this tripartite geography that the noble Lord described, the power—

It is a trifecta, actually—that is a betting term.

I am not a gambling man. It is an interesting term. The Minister is suggesting that power rests e...

I thank noble Lords for those further points requesting clarification. On how we have come to thi...

My Lords, it is all about the relative importance and the weighting. Maybe that is a good illustr...

I take the noble Lord’s point. We are working with industry and will continue to do so. For the b...

Might I also hope for the meeting that I referred to?

My Lords, my noble friend makes a good point. I can promise all Members that there will be themat...

My Lords, I am grateful for that assurance from my noble friend.

On the first amendments, c...

Moved by

Viscount Camrose

206: Clause 112, page 139, line 13, at end insert—

“(...

Moved by

Viscount Camrose

208: After Clause 112, insert the following new Clause—

Moved by

Lord Leong

208A: After Clause 112, insert the following new Clause—

“P...

My Lords, in moving this amendment, I will also speak to the other amendments in this group in th...

My Lords, I support Amendment 208A. I declare my interest as a solicitor but not one who has been...

My Lords, I support Amendment 208A. I am a recovering solicitor. Many moons ago, I gave public af...

I have texted the noble Baroness asking her to return as soon as possible so that she can listen ...

I am not going to carry on much longer. I know that that will be a grave disappointment but it ma...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch, for tabling Amendment 208A and th...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken, especially the noble Lords, Lord Kirkhope and ...

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

209: Clause 113, page 139, line 37, leave out “...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 209, I will also speak to Amendment 210, and I thank the noble Lord...

My Lords, tracking the provenance of Clause 113 has been a very interesting exercise. If we think...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, for Amendments 209 and 210, which would amend C...

My Lords, perhaps the Minister could elucidate exactly what is meant by “supporting the party’s o...

I suppose it would depend on the petition and who was raising it. If it were a petition raised or...

So what the Minister is saying is that the solicitor, if you like, who is asking you to sign this...

Indeed. Many such petitions are of course initiated by charitable organisations or other not-for-...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for digging and delving into the background...

Moved by

Viscount Camrose

212: Clause 116, page 145, line 14, leave out “with the day...

Moved by

Viscount Camrose

216: Clause 120, page 151, line 25, leave out “124” and ins...

Moved by

Viscount Camrose

217: After Clause 124, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I also submit that Schedule 11 should not stand part of the Bill. I note the amendments...

My Lords, it is a pleasure and a privilege to support that tour de force from the noble Baroness,...

What is the difference between the trawl in looking at people who are seeking to avoid tax, which...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness. It is not just my view. It was put very well by the noble Ba...

When the noble Baroness says, “more targeted”, is what way are they more targeted? That is what I...

They relate to individual people by name, not whole sweeps of people who have done nothing wrong ...

What I am advocating to the Committee is that, in terms of our approach in this country to everyo...

My Lords, I will address, first, the exclusion of Clause 128 and, secondly, Amendment 219 in my n...

My Lords, I will speak in favour of the amendment to which I have added my name, with other noble...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kamall. Although we probably come...

My Lords, I was also too late to put my name to these stand part notices for Clause 128 and Sched...

Most of what needed to be said has been said excellently and clearly by the other speakers. I hav...

My Lords, I speak as someone who was a Minister at the Department for Work and Pensions back in 2...

The noble Baroness mentioned lobby groups that say the clause is disproportionate. The Informatio...

No. With respect, I am talking about Justice, which I think referenced 40 organisations. There wa...

The suggestion was made that this was carefully thought out and part of a long-term plan. Can the...

I am sure my noble friend the Minister can talk about the particular timing of why it went into t...

Oh!

I am sorry; I have spent a lot of time listening to others, and a lot of it has been slightly int...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness, but could she point out where those restrictions actually ar...

It is important that my noble friend answers that question. The point is that if we find—I am sor...

My Lords, I note that the DWP has been passed a parcel by the Department for Science, Innovation ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, and my noble friend Lord Sikka for introducing...

My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken today. I have been made well aware of the strong view...

I apologise for interrupting, but can the Minister show us in the Bill where those restrictions o...

That is a fair challenge and I will certainly be coming on to that. I have in my speech some rema...

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but will he be coming on to explain what these signals are?...

If the noble Lord will allow me, I would like to make some progress and I hope that this will com...

It is also worth pointing out that the paragraph I quoted follows immediately on that. That is th...

Yes, I am aware of that. I think the noble Lord was alluding to the point about proportionality. ...

When might we see the code of practice? It would be extremely helpful to see it before Report, as...

I will need to get back to the noble Lord on that, but perhaps can reassure him that it is alread...

Can we see the draft code of practice before Report?

That is part of the answer that I gave to the noble Lord, Lord Vaux, which I think is a fair poin...

I would be convinced about the Government’s intentions, and would not press this amendment at the...

The noble Lord has set me quite a challenge at the Dispatch Box. It is out of scope of today’s se...

I may have missed something, but can I just check that the Minister will deal with the matter of ...

Absolutely; I am keen to make sure that I answer on that. It may be possible to do so in the next...

A number of pensioner groups are watching these proceedings. I have received some messages. They ...

Absolutely; the noble Lord will know that I have not managed to answer all the questions. I have ...

I thank my noble friend very much for all the explanation that he has given thus far. I just want...

Is it not one of the dangers that this is a deterrent to people claiming these benefits?

I have a response to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, about signals. The sig...

My Lords, the Committee will be grateful to hear, I hope, that I will not try to capture such a r...

Moved by

Baroness Sherlock

220: Schedule 11, page 245, line 1, leave out from “only” ...

My Lords, I will also speak to the other amendments in my name, which are designed to dig further...

My Lords, I intervene very briefly. I thank my noble friend who, with her usual forensic clarity,...

My Lords, in relation to the excellent speech of the noble Baroness, she mentioned “personal” acc...

Because of the way the amendments are grouped, I have the opportunity to repeat my questions. The...

My Lords, I must begin by joining the general applause for the characteristic tour de force from ...

My Lords, I was not intending to speak on this group, but another question occurs to me. We have ...

My Lords, I would of course much prefer Clause 128 not to stand part, but we were just privileged...

My Lords, the debate on this group has focused largely on the amendments from the noble Baroness,...

Rather than asking all my questions at the end—I only have four—I will try to get answers as we g...

The Government do wish to have that power. I should make it clear that an appointee could be a cl...

There were a number of questions on the other group that related specifically to people’s willing...

The noble Baroness makes a very good point. I may be able to give her further reassurances in a l...

If I may pursue this, I am not sure I heard the Minister’s answer to the question of the noble Ba...

I am not sure I agree with that. I hope I can reassure the noble Baroness, as I tried to on the p...

I want to be absolutely clear on this point, because I am still not totally sure I am—I raised th...

This is part of the filtering discussions that are already taking place at the moment.

Under the terms of the Bill, would this allow that to be caught?

Yes it would. Landlords are in scope. We will filter this through in terms of the business as usu...

Given that, has the department done an assessment of the likely impact on landlords being willing...

I clearly cannot go far enough today, but, because this is important and we are in Committee, I n...

It is precisely as the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, said on the last group—this is a massive net....

I do not agree with that. We have done quite a lot of business together across the Chamber. That ...

My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the Minister but, throughout these two groups, he has, in a sen...

My Lords, I ask the Minister for clarification. The noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, asked about th...

I will add to that the issue of overseas bank accounts. I cannot see how the British Government c...

How many accounts of “signalling” already exist in the current backlog in the business-as-usual v...

I will add to the Minister’s grief. He has talked a number of times about the limited information...

Right. A number of questions have been asked. I am not sure that I can give too much more clarity...

This is the problem. We have been talking about limited information, a limited nature and the lim...

That point is very much noted. I will certainly take it back. Clearly, we need to provide greater...

Pension benefits other than pension credit have eligibility criteria attached, but I do not know ...

The example that the noble Lord will be aware of links to what the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, was sa...

Presumably the DWP already knows the address of the bank account to which an overseas pension is ...

My understanding is that it needs to have these powers to be able to cover the ground properly. I...

Before the Minister moves on, I asked specifically about child benefit. Could he please answer th...

I know that I said earlier that child benefit was not included. I will clarify that child benefit...

My Lords—

I will finish this answer, if I may. The DWP personal information charter lists banks and financi...

Will people with power of attorney over the account of someone who receives a benefit also be cau...

That is understood. I know that I need to provide further reassurances. Attorneys are included fo...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for taking the time to try to answer the questions. I know that we...