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Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

A Bill to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to identified or identifiable living individuals; to make provision about services consisting of the use of information to ascertain and verify facts about individuals; to make provision about access to customer data and business data; to make provision about privacy and electronic communications; to make provision about services for the provision of electronic signatures, electronic seals and other trust services; to make provision about the disclosure of information to improve public service delivery; to make provision for the implementation of agreements on sharing information for law enforcement purposes; to make provision about the keeping and maintenance of registers of births and deaths; to make provision about information standards for health and social care; to establish the Information Commission; to make provision about oversight of biometric data; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: Committee stage (Lords)

The story so farThe Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 8 March 2023 by Michelle Donelan (Conservative). It is now at committee stage in the House of Lords. At committee stage the bill is examined line by line and amendments can be made, before it returns for report stage.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 8 Mar 2023
  2. 2nd reading Commons 17 Apr 2023
  3. Programme motion Commons 17 Apr 2023
  4. Ways and Means resolution Commons 17 Apr 2023
  5. Money resolution Commons 17 Apr 2023
  6. Carry-over motion Commons 17 Apr 2023
  7. Committee stage Commons 10 May to 23 May 2023
  8. 1st reading Commons 8 Nov 2023
  9. 2nd reading Commons 8 Nov 2023
  10. Report stage Commons 29 Nov 2023
  11. 3rd reading Commons 29 Nov 2023
  12. 1st reading Lords 6 Dec 2023
  13. 2nd reading Lords 19 Dec 2023
  14. Carry-over motion Commons 7 Feb 2024
  15. Committee stage Lords 20 Mar to 24 Apr 2024

Votes on this bill

Recorded Commons divisions on this bill, in the order they happened. Each links to who voted which way.

29 Nov 2023 Re-committal motion 209 to 275 Rejected
29 Nov 2023 Report Stage: Amendment 11 200 to 276 Rejected
29 Nov 2023 Report Stage: Amendment 224 37 to 279 Rejected
29 Nov 2023 Report Stage: Amendment 5 195 to 273 Rejected
29 Nov 2023 Report Stage: Amendment 1 198 to 275 Rejected
29 Nov 2023 Report Stage: Amendment 218 194 to 275 Rejected
29 Nov 2023 Report Stage: New Schedule 1 274 to 52 Passed
29 Nov 2023 Third Reading 269 to 31 Passed

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 23 Sep 2024.