Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] 2024-26


make provision about access to customer data and business data; to make provision about services consisting of the use of information to ascertain and verify facts about individuals; to make provision about the recording and sharing, and keeping of registers, of information relating to apparatus in streets; to make provision about the keeping and maintenance of registers of births and deaths; to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to identified or identifiable living individuals; to make provision about privacy and electronic communications; to establish the Information Commission; to make provision about information standards for health and social care; to make provision about the grant of smart meter communication licences; to make provision about the disclosure of information to improve public service delivery; to make provision about the retention of information by providers of internet services in connection with investigations into child deaths; to make provision about providing information for purposes related to the carrying out of independent research into online safety matters; to make provision about the retention of biometric data; to make provision about services for the provision of electronic signatures, electronic seals and other trust services; and for connected purposes.

What is this Bill?

The Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] is a Government Bill tabled by a Minister of the Crown.

Is this Bill currently before Parliament?

Yes. This Bill was introduced on 23 October 2024 and is currently before Parliament.

Whose idea is this Bill?

Government Bills implement the legislative agenda of the Government. This agenda, and the Bills that will implement it, are outlined in the Queen's Speech at the Session's State Opening of Parliament.

What type of Bill is this?

Government Bills are technically Presentation Bills, but the Government can use its legislative time to ensure the schedule of debates to scrutinise the Bill.

So is this going to become a law?

Though the Bill can be amended from its original form, the Bill will almost certainly be enacted in law before the end of the Session, or will be carried over to the subsequent Session.

How can I find out exactly what this Bill does?

The most straightforward information is contained in the initial Explanatory Notes for the Bill.

Would you like to know more?

See these Glossary articles for more information: Government Bills, Process of a Bill

Official Bill Page Initial Explanatory Notes Initial Briefing papers Ministerial Extracts from Debates All Bill Debates

Next Event: Tuesday 10th December 2024 - Committee stage

Last Event: Tuesday 3rd December 2024 - Committee stage (Lords)

Bill Progession through Parliament

Lords - 60%

Latest Key documents

Timeline of Bill Documents and Stages

18th December 2024
Committee stage (Lords)
16th December 2024
Committee stage (Lords)
10th December 2024
Committee stage (Lords)
6th December 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 40-II Second marshalled list for Grand Committee
5th December 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 40-I(c) Amendments for Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
4th December 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 40-I(b) Amendments for Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
3rd December 2024
Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
3rd December 2024
Committee stage (Lords)
3rd December 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 40-I(a) Amendments for Grand Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
29th November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 40-I Marshalled list for Grand Committee
28th November 2024
Select Committee report
9th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
28th November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 40 Running list of amendments – 28 November 2024
27th November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 40 Running list of amendments – 27 November 2024
26th November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 40 Running list of amendments – 26 November 2024
22nd November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 40 Running list of amendments – 22 November 2024
20th November 2024
Amendment Paper
HL Bill 40 Running list of amendments – 20 November 2024
19th November 2024
2nd reading: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
19th November 2024
2nd reading (Lords)
1st November 2024
Briefing papers
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 40
24th October 2024
Human rights memorandum
ECHR Memorandum
24th October 2024
Impact Assessments
Digital Verification Services De Minimis Assessment
24th October 2024
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment on Open Data Architecture Information Standards from the Department of Health and Social Care
24th October 2024
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment on Researchers' Access to Data from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
24th October 2024
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment on Regulatory Powers for Smart Data from the Department for Business and Trade
24th October 2024
Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment on Legislation to deliver the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
24th October 2024
Impact Assessments
Data (Use and Access) Bill Impact Assessment from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
23rd October 2024
1st reading: Minutes of Proceedings (Lords)
23rd October 2024
1st reading (Lords)
23rd October 2024
Bill
HL Bill 40 (as introduced)
23rd October 2024
Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 40 Explanatory Notes
23rd October 2024
Delegated Powers Memorandum
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum