Data (Use and Access) Bill: call for evidence
13 February 2025
Do you have relevant expertise and experience or a special interest in the Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords], which is currently passing through Parliament?
If so, you can submit your views in writing to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee which is going to consider this Bill.
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The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence. The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have to take it into consideration. The Public Bill Committee will scrutinise the Bill line by line. The Public Bill Committee will meet for the first time on Tuesday 4 March 2025 to consider the Bill and is expected to report by 5pm on Tuesday 18 March. When the Committee concludes its consideration of the Bill it is no longer able to receive written evidence and it can conclude earlier than the expected deadline of 5.00pm on Tuesday 18 March 2025. You are strongly advised to submit your written evidence as soon as possible. |
Aims of the Bill
The bill has seven parts:
- Part 1 covers access to customer and business data and aims to enable “smart data” to be used in sectors other than its current use in open banking in the finance sector
- Part 2 would regulate the provision of digital verification services through the creation of a trust framework, a register of providers, an information sharing gateway, and a trust mark
- Part 3 would put the national underground asset register on a statutory footing
- Part 4 would update the way births and deaths are registered, moving from a paper-based system to an electronic register used by officials
- Part 5 would make changes to the UK’s data protection regime
- Part 6 would abolish the Information Commissioner’s Office and transfer its functions to a new body, the Information Commission
- Part 7 would, among other things, make further provision about the use of, or access to, data in the following areas:
- health and social care
- smart meter communication services
- public service delivery
- online safety
Follow the progress of the Date (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]
The Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] was introduced in the House of Commons on 27 November 2024. The Bill’s second reading was held on 12 February 2025.
- Bills before Parliament: Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
- Read Explanatory Notes: Data (Use and Access) Bill HL]
- House of Commons Library Briefing Paper
There will be no oral evidence sessions held for this Bill.
Guidance on submitting written evidence
Deadline for written evidence submissions
The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence. The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have to take it into consideration.
Amendments tabled to the Bill, and information regarding the order in which amendments will be taken in Committee, will be available in due course on the Bill’s publications page (under ‘Amendment paper’ and ‘Selection of amendments’). Once the Committee has dealt with an amendment it will not revisit it.
The Public Bill Committee on the Date (Use and Access) Bill will meet for the first time on Tuesday 4 March 2025 and will report by 5pm on Tuesday 18 March. When the Committee concludes its consideration of the Bill it is no longer able to receive written evidence and it can conclude earlier than the deadline of 5pm on Tuesday 18 March 2025. You are strongly advised to submit your written evidence as soon as possible.
Your submission should be emailed to scrutiny@parliament.uk
Further guidance on submitting written evidence can be found here (pdf, 1MB).
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