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Data Protection Bill
House of Commons
Parliament
The Commons votes against a Labour proposal to force the culture secretary to draw up a data bill of rights.
Ayes: 283
Noes: 309
Majority: 26
Data Protection Bill
House of Commons
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The Commons divides to vote on New Clause 4 to the bill.
NC4 is tabled by shadow culture secretary, Tom Watson, and would require the government to establish a bill of data rights.
The result is expected around 6:15pm.
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
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Image source, HoLTransport Minister Baroness Sugg says the first automated vehicles to reach the UK market will only be able to be used in "specific situations" and possibly only operate in certain "defined areas" - such as motorways.
As such, she says it is important the word 'safely' is kept in the bill so that automated vehicles can get insurance.
Lord Borwick says there should be "a lot of conversations" between committee stage and report stage, and then withdraws his amendment.
Data Protection Bill
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Image source, HoCLiberal Democrat Sir Ed Davey says that the decision in the bill to remove the right of immigrants to view their Home Office files goes against "the rule of law" in the UK.
He says that he is "fairly convinced" that the EU Commission will not accept this provision in the bill for EU citizens after the UK leaves the EU.
He says ministers only have "an hour or so" to change their mind on this "before it's too late".
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Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
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Image source, HoLConservative peer Lord Borwick moves his amendments which seek alternatives to using the SAE definitions when referring to autonomous vehicles in the bill.
Lord Borwick says "one man's safely is another man's dangerously" and putting "ambiguous words" into the legislation opens up the possibility of someone litigating against autonomous vehicles without reason.
The SAE (originally the Society of Automotive Engineers) is a professional and standards developing organisation.
Data Protection Bill
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Image source, HoCDamian Collins, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, says that the Information Commissioner wasn't aware Facebook entered the offices of Cambridge Analytica,
He says it is good that the amendments are being brought forward by the government, which will give the government powers to do something they haven't been able to do before.
He says that there have been calls for a moratorium on micro-targeting ads and dark ads.
He raises concerns that Facebook are allowing political consultancies to micro-targeting people with adverts during an election campaign.
Data Protection Bill
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Image source, HoCYvette Cooper, chair of the Home Affairs Committee, urges the government to accept Amendment 15 to the bill.
Amendment 15 could be used to prevent Subject Access Requests in immigration cases under consideration by the Home Office, which wouldn't allow applicants to see their own case files held by the department, she says.
"You don't have to go ahead with this right now," she states, talking directly to ministers on the frontbench, but believes there would be more scandals like Windrush in the future.
"There are huge concerns about the way targets have operated," she says, adding that Subject Access Requests are often helpful to people's lawyers in seeing what data may be at fault in a case.
Half the cases that go to appeal are overturned, she says, because the Home Office got the decision wrong.
Data Protection Bill
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Image source, HoCHealth Committee Chair, Dr Sarah Wollaston, says that "it was particularly worrying that there was this shift" in data being available to the Home Office for immigration cases.
She says there were further concerns that there could be wider data sharing, especially in the Department for Work and Pensions, to see if people were co-habiting.
She say she is "delighted" to hear that this change has happened to the bill, and therefore will not be pressing her amendment.
She adds that her committee were "extremely disappointed" that NHS Digital had the "dimmest grasp" of patient confidentiality.
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Image source, HoCShadow digital economy minister Liam Byrne says he welcomes the new powers for the Information Commissioner, which is something Labour called for, he says.
He adds that it was apparent that this was necessary for anyone who saw the "debacle" of the ICO taking days to request a warrant to get data from Cambridge Analytica.
Every so often, he says, "we have to try and democratise both progress and protection".
He calls for a universal bill of rights for data, and says that the government's proposal of a digital charter "is sort of like the cones hotline" method of reform.
He says the proposal to withhold data rights from "migrants and newcomers is a disgrace", adding that ministers have failed to explain why immigrants will not be subject to such guarantees.
Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill
House of Lords
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Image source, HoLPeers begin one of two days of committee stage debate on the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill, external.
The bill is intended to increase the access and availability of chargepoints for electric cars, and creates powers to make it compulsory for chargepoints to be installed across the country and enabling drivers of automated cars to be insured on UK roads.
Committee stage is when peers carry out detailed line-by-line scrutiny of legislation, but amendments are not normally forced to a vote – this happens at report stage.
Lib Dem Baroness Randerson introduces an amendment which seeks to extend insurance for automated cars to vehicles manufactured and purchased outside Great Britain.
Transport Minister Baroness Sugg says these are already covered under the bill.
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Data Protection Bill
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Image source, HoCDigital, Culture, Media and Sport Minister Margot James is introducing New Clause 13 to the bill.
NC13 allows the Information Commissioner to seek 'Information Orders' to seize data which may be held by organisations. Refusing to hand over data could be classified as contempt of court.
It will also allow the ICO to carry out no notice inspections without a warrant in certain circumstances, she adds.
It also limits the ability of the Home Office to view and use NHS records to check people's immigration status, she states.
This follows pressure from members of the Health Committee who said it prevented people from seeking urgent medical attention where needed, and also breached patient confidentiality.
Data Protection Bill
House of Commons
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The Commons votes to reject an amendment which would establish the second part of the Leveson Inquiry.
Ayes: 295
Noes: 304
Majority: 9
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Data Protection Bill
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The government's New Clause 19 is agreed to by the Commons. This allows the Information Commissioner's Office to give advice on how to seek redress in cases of complaints against the press.
MPs divide to vote on Ed Miliband's New Clause 18.
New Clause 18 would require the second part of the Leveson inquiry to be carried out.
The result is expected at around 4:15pm.
Data Protection Bill
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Image source, HoCThe SNP's Brendan O'Hara says his party supports the amendment calling for the second stage of the Leveson inquiry to go ahead.
The practices which led to the Leveson inquiry being set up originally must "never, ever happen again", he says.
He calls for the Scottish government to be consulted on the "scope and scale" of any future inquiry.
He adds that the inquiry should also look into the role of social media companies, and the current inquiry in the culture committee on the role of 'fake news'.
Iran statement
House of Lords
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Image source, HoLForeign Office Minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon is repeating a statement given by Boris Johnson in the Commons on the Iran nuclear deal.
The UK has "no intention of walking away" from the Iran nuclear deal despite the United States pulling out, he told MPs.
The 2015 deal curbed Iran's nuclear activities in return for the lifting of UN, US and EU sanctions.
Labour spokesman Lord Collins of Highbury asks, if the US sees a different way forward, "what is that way forward?" He adds anti-West Iranians will have their "opinions reinforced" by this.
Lib Dem Baroness Northover says her party shares the government's concerns, and it highlights the "enormous importance" of EU partners.
Lord Ahmad stresses the UK is "very much committed to this agreement" and working with international parties to secure its future, and expresses hope those efforts will be recognised in Iran.