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Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 28 April 2026

Debate

UK Biobank Data

Contribution

Let me thank the noble Lord, Lord Tarassenko, and his wife for participating in UK Biobank, because the whole thing depends on that. He is quite right that, before 2024, the data was downloaded and people did their research on downloaded data. I have had this discussion with the chair of UK Biobank, which is going through a process of recontacting all the institutions—because this is an institutional agreement—to confirm that the data that was downloaded has been deleted. No further access will be granted until that is proven. That process is important, because that residual downloaded data is most vulnerable.

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