Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how he plans to update hon. Members on the progress of the expert working groups on (a) transparency, (b) licensing and (c) other technical standards mandated by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.

The Government has committed to establishing expert stakeholder working groups to inform the development of policy on copyright and AI.

The Secretaries of State for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport are convening the first meeting of these stakeholder working groups on 16^th July. Information relating to this group will be published on GOV.UK, which will include further details and a list of working group members.

The Government has also committed to set up a Parliamentary working group for members to engage with and feed views into this process.