Data Adequacy Status: EU Data Protection Standards Debate

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Department: Department for Business and Trade

Data Adequacy Status: EU Data Protection Standards

Lord Markham Excerpts
Thursday 4th December 2025

(1 day, 7 hours ago)

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Baroness Lloyd of Effra Portrait Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab)
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The noble Earl asks a very interesting question but one which I am afraid, again, I am unable to give him any deep answer on. I shall have to revert to him on IP in particular.

Lord Markham Portrait Lord Markham (Con)
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My Lords, in view of the high stakes for UK services in digital trade with the 27 December deadline fast approaching, will the Government publish the adequacy risk assessment and correspondence that they have shared with the Commission, redacted where necessary, so that Parliament and stakeholders can see how they have satisfied themselves that the Data (Use and Access) Act is not put at risk?

Baroness Lloyd of Effra Portrait Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab)
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My understanding is that there is a lot of to and fro, and many requests between the EU and UK of a very technical nature to allow the European Commission to make its judgment. Quite a lot of those have been published already, in the European Commission report and in the European Data Protection Board’s opinion. The process by which this is set out is already transparent and clear.