Science, Innovation and Technology

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Wednesday 8th July 2026

(1 month, 3 weeks ago)

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Kanishka Narayan Portrait Kanishka Narayan
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… Let me state in more detail the reasons for objecting on the mechanism. First, the provisions for information sharing are deeply discretionary for UK regulators. Secondly, the subjects in which they can pursue that information sharing are restricted to significant matters of national security and domestic crime prevention in the UK.

[Official Report, 16 June 2026; Vol. 787, c. 781.]

Written correction submitted by the Under-Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, the hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan (Kanishka Narayan):

Kanishka Narayan Portrait Kanishka Narayan
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… Let me state in more detail the reasons for objecting on the mechanism. First, the provisions for information sharing are deeply discretionary for UK regulators. Secondly, the subjects in which they can pursue that information sharing are restricted to set purposes, including matters of national security and domestic crime prevention in the UK.