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Lord Clement-Jones (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 September 2026

Debate

Data Security: UK Citizens

Contribution

My Lords, we welcome the return of data protection to DCMS. The Government’s own Data (Use and Access) Act replaced the “essentially equivalent” test for adequacy for international data transfers with a lower threshold of “not materially lower”. Does the Minister accept that this weaker standard leaves UK citizens’ data more exposed to the gaps in foreign countries’ protections? What monitoring of that effect are the Government carrying out to safeguard real UK sovereignty over our data?

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