Debate on Thursday, 12 October 2017, in the House of Commons, led by Matt Hancock. The answering member was Lord Brennan of Canton.

Leaving the EU: Data Protection

Motion that this House has considered Exiting the European Union and Data Protection. Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 629 cc497-550
Session: 2017-19
Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Exiting the European Union and data protection
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
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Proceeding contributions: Matt Hancock | 629 c498 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered Exiting the European Union and Data Protectio...; Stephen Timms | 629 c498 (Link to this contribution)
I very much agree with the points that the Minister is making and the ambition he is setting out....; Matt Hancock | 629 cc498-9 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to the right hon. Gentleman’s extensive understanding of these issues, not only fro...; Brendan O'Hara | 629 c499 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister said “something akin” to an adequacy deal. Will he explain what that might mean?
...; Matt Hancock | 629 c500 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, of course. Our future relationship with the EU will be bespoke. We want to make sure that th...; Wes Streeting | 629 c500 (Link to this contribution)
No one would dispute the worthiness of the Minister’s intentions, but the UK will none the less c...; Matt Hancock | 629 c500 (Link to this contribution)
That is our objective in terms of the goal, but I have one difference with the premise of the hon...; Vicky Ford | 629 c500 (Link to this contribution)
The UK has more than 10% of data flows, more than three quarters of which are with the EU, and mo...; Matt Hancock | 629 c500 (Link to this contribution)
I agree wholeheartedly and strongly with my hon. Friend, who is an expert in these matters, havin...; Tom Brake | 629 c501 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for so generously giving way. I just wanted to press him on the point that h...; Matt Hancock | 629 c501 (Link to this contribution)
What it means is that the arrangements are harmonised right now. Should the Data Protection Bill ...; Darren Jones | 629 c501 (Link to this contribution)
On the point about what the general data protection regulation provides as an opportunity, does t...; Matt Hancock | 629 cc501-2 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure that the Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, my hon. Friend the Me...; Tom Brake | 629 c502 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister is being very generous with his time. I am sure that he is aware that the people of ...; Matt Hancock | 629 c502 (Link to this contribution)
Gibraltar is, and will continue to be, part of the United Kingdom. The Under-Secretary of State f...; Tom Brake | 629 c502 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for giving a detailed response. I just wanted to put on record my interest i...; Matt Hancock | 629 c502 (Link to this contribution)
I am glad that I gave the right hon. Gentleman the opportunity to do so.
A strong relations...; Stephen Timms | 629 c502 (Link to this contribution)
I am glad that the Minister is committed to seeking this adequacy agreement. Does he recognise th...; Matt Hancock | 629 cc502-3 (Link to this contribution)
I thought that the right hon. Gentleman might raise that. I understand his amendment and the reas...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 629 c503 (Link to this contribution)
First, let me apologise for my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrn...; Matt Hancock | 629 c503 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is quite right. Of course, Gibraltar is part of the UK family. I should have b...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 629 cc503-5 (Link to this contribution)
As ever, the Minister is modest enough to accept when he makes a mistake and correct the record.<...; Matt Hancock | 629 c506 (Link to this contribution)
Just on a point of English language, it is clearly not a truth universally acknowledged, because ...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 629 c506 (Link to this contribution)
Well, at least the Minister did not claim that Jane Austen was our greatest living author—I will ...; Robert Neill | 629 cc506-7 (Link to this contribution)
I will not stray on to the issue of authors, living or dead, but I do want to address three issue...; Robert Courts | 629 c507 (Link to this contribution)
I think I am right in saying that the UK has the largest digital economy in the G20. If that is t...; Robert Neill | 629 cc507-8 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The two key messages that one gets on this topic from Gibralt...; Tom Brake | 629 c508 (Link to this contribution)
Is the hon. Gentleman able to clarify for me whether that is one of the data exchanges that are s...; Robert Neill | 629 c508 (Link to this contribution)
My understanding is that it is likely to be subject to the ECJ, and we concluded that while we mi...; Vicky Ford | 629 c508 (Link to this contribution)
On the subject of valuable data exchanges, does my hon. Friend agree that we also need to continu...; Robert Neill | 629 c509 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is right and I pay tribute to the work that she did on this and several other issu...; Darren Jones | 629 c509 (Link to this contribution)
I stress my agreement with the hon. Gentleman’s remarks about these sharing systems. An example g...; Robert Neill | 629 c509 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is right, and that was the tenor of the evidence that we heard from all the la...; Tom Brake | 629 c510 (Link to this contribution)
I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman’s excellent Committee had an opportunity to look at the conti...; Robert Neill | 629 cc510-1 (Link to this contribution)
The clear evidence given to us was that the only viable contingency plan would be a significant t...; Brendan O'Hara | 629 cc511-3 (Link to this contribution)
At the start of this week, the Prime Minister told the United Kingdom to be prepared for the poss...; Matt Hancock | 629 c513 (Link to this contribution)
The negotiation of the EU’s future relationship with the UK is not some sort of informal approach...; Brendan O'Hara | 629 cc513-5 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his point, but I stress again what Rosemary Jay said: the Commission has...; Stephen Kerr | 629 c514 (Link to this contribution)
It is a great privilege to follow the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Brendan O’Hara). He is a n...; Stephen Timms | 629 c514 (Link to this contribution)
Of course Norway is not a member of the European Union, but is a member of the single market.
...; Stephen Kerr | 629 c514 (Link to this contribution)
That is the worse-case scenario of being on the receiving end of a flow of regulation with no inp...; Wera Hobhouse | 629 c514 (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that leaving the single market and the customs union was not on...; Stephen Kerr | 629 cc514-6 (Link to this contribution)
I do not think that there is much virtue in rerunning the Brexit debate today, when we are discus...; Alison Thewliss | 629 c516 (Link to this contribution)
They are separate things.; Stephen Kerr | 629 cc516-7 (Link to this contribution)
No, they are not separate things. I want our country to be at the forefront of this revolution, b...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 629 c517 (Link to this contribution)
I am listening with great interest to the hon. Gentleman’s speech. If he is saying that we should...; Stephen Kerr | 629 cc518-9 (Link to this contribution)
No, I did not actually say we should not participate. I am saying that we should think further af...; Stephen Timms | 629 cc519-520 (Link to this contribution)
I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for Stirling (Stephen Kerr) and will pick up on one or two...; Matt Hancock | 629 c520 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that the British MEPs had a strong influence on the GDPR as...; Stephen Timms | 629 cc520-1 (Link to this contribution)
No, certainly not. I am delighted that my Labour colleagues in the European Parliament have retai...; Matt Hancock | 629 c521 (Link to this contribution)
A point that I hope will reassure the right hon. Gentleman is that EU jurisprudence will be broug...; Stephen Timms | 629 c521 (Link to this contribution)
The proposal is that article 8 will not be there any more. The problem is this: where in the Euro...; Matt Hancock | 629 c521 (Link to this contribution)
This is an incredibly important point, so I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for allowing ...; Stephen Timms | 629 c521 (Link to this contribution)
The problem is that it is not. There is no clear assertion anywhere in UK law—other than, at pres...; Daniel Zeichner | 629 c522 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend is making extremely important points. The very fact that we are having the d...; Stephen Timms | 629 c522 (Link to this contribution)
As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on data analytics, my hon. Friend is in a very good...; Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi | 629 c522 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend is making an excellent speech and some very pertinent points. Many tech firm...; Stephen Timms | 629 c522 (Link to this contribution)
The firms in my hon. Friend’s constituency are absolutely right. If we do not achieve that adequa...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 629 c522 (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps we can draw an analogy with my right hon. Friend’s earlier remarks about the customs unio...; Stephen Timms | 629 c522 (Link to this contribution)
The problem is that if it is not an adequacy agreement in name, it is not clear what it is. [Inte...; Jeremy Lefroy | 629 c522 (Link to this contribution)
Does the right hon. Gentleman, a fellow member of the Exiting the European Union Committee, agree...; Stephen Timms | 629 cc522-3 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman for his work on that Committee, and his suggestion could well...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 629 c523 (Link to this contribution)
I am delighted to call to make his maiden speech Mr Matt Western.
3.10 pm; Matt Western | 629 cc523-7 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am grateful for the opportunity to make my maiden speech in th...; Vicky Ford | 629 cc527-8 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) on his excellent maiden ...; Jeremy Lefroy | 629 c528 (Link to this contribution)
Given my hon. Friend’s experience in the European Parliament, does she agree that it is not only ...; Vicky Ford | 629 c528 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is spot-on correct. We need not only to get things right and workable on the day o...; Wera Hobhouse | 629 c528 (Link to this contribution)
I was in Brussels a couple of weeks ago, and as much as it is true that our European partners wou...; Vicky Ford | 629 c529 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, but I simply do not agree. On issues such as digital ...; Daniel Zeichner | 629 cc529-531 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow my regional neighbour, the hon. Member for Chelmsford (Vicky Ford). Ma...; Mark Tami | 629 c531 (Link to this contribution)
Many smaller companies in particular are not aware of what is coming down the road and what sort ...; Daniel Zeichner | 629 cc531-3 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Much work needs to be done to raise awareness of what the GDP...; Alex Sobel | 629 cc533-5 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) on his maiden ...; Darren Jones | 629 cc535-6 (Link to this contribution)
I declare my interest as set out in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I pay tribute t...; Alison Thewliss | 629 c536 (Link to this contribution)
The issues that the hon. Gentleman is setting out are crucial to the whole Brexit debate. Would h...; Darren Jones | 629 c536 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with that sentiment. Dare I say it, but very few Government Members are present? Although...; Matt Hancock | 629 c536 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry to intervene, but I have already explained that because European jurisprudence is bein...; Darren Jones | 629 cc536-8 (Link to this contribution)
With respect to the Minister, I am not persuaded that that will be agreed by the European Commiss...; Wera Hobhouse | 629 cc538-9 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) on his excellent maiden ...; Jim Shannon | 629 cc539-542 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western) on an incredible speech....; Lord Brennan of Canton | 629 cc542-4 (Link to this contribution)
With the leave of the House, Madam Deputy Speaker.
This has been a very interesting debate....; Matt Hancock | 629 cc543-7 (Link to this contribution)
With the leave of the House, Madam Deputy Speaker, I shall reply for the Government to this excel...; Stephen Timms | 629 c547 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Minister recognise that the absence of article 8 will make his goal harder to achieve? H...; Matt Hancock | 629 cc547-8 (Link to this contribution)
I think the right hon. Gentleman is wrong on this point, which no doubt we will debate during the...; Darren Jones | 629 c548 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister says that the guidance should come out early, but it is already too late in respect ...; Matt Hancock | 629 c548 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman speaks like a true lawyer. The hon. Member for Cardiff West said that the hon....; Wera Hobhouse | 629 c548 (Link to this contribution)
As I have said, we have been in Brussels and heard time and again from different sides that it is...; Matt Hancock | 629 cc548-9 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is wrong about that. She is also wrong to have said that there is no certainty abou...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Data protection Administration of justice Business Cross border cooperation Data processing Digital technology EU law Internet Personal records Privacy Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU) Brexit
Legislation: Data Protection Bill (HL) 2017-19
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Leaving the EU: Data Protection

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