Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish representations she has received on the level of protection for personal information in digital trade between the UK and Australia following publication of the UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand trade deals; and if she will make a statement.

A summary of responses to our consultations on our Australia and New Zealand trade negotiations can be found on the government’s website.

Transfers of personal data to Australia and New Zealand must continue to satisfy the UK’s high standards of data protection. The deals enshrine a requirement to maintain domestic legislation to protect data. Australia and New Zealand must also publish information on how they protect data, and how UK citizens can enforce their data rights. The UK continues to champion data protection with all Free Trade Agreement partners in line with our published Digital Trade Objectives.