Legislative Consent: Data (Use and Access) Bill

The Data (Use and Access) Bill (the Bill) was introduced in the House of Lords on 23 October 2024.

 

The long title to the Bill notes that it is a Bill “to make provision about access to customer data and business data; to make provision about services consisting of the use of information to ascertain and

verify facts about individuals; to make provision about the recording and sharing, and keeping of registers, of information relating to apparatus in streets; to make provision about the keeping and maintenance of registers of births and deaths; to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to identified or identifiable living individuals; to make provision about privacy and electronic communications; to establish the Information Commission; to make provision about information standards for health and social care; to make provision about the grant of smart meter communication licences; to make provision about the disclosure of information to improve public service delivery; to make provision about the retention of information by providers of internet services in connection with investigations into child deaths; to make provision about providing information for purposes related to the carrying out of independent research into online safety matters; to make provision about the retention of biometric data; to make provision about services for the provision of electronic signatures, electronic seals and other trust services; and for connected purposes.”

 

The Bill is subject to the legislative consent process under Standing Order 29. This is when the consent of the Welsh Parliament is sought by the UK Government to legislate on an issue which falls within the competence of the Senedd.

 

The Legislative Consent Motion for the Bill was agreed in Plenary on 6 May 2025.

 

Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 5) – May 2025

 

The Welsh Government laid a Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Bill before the Senedd on 16 May 2025 (PDF 94KB).

 

Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 4) – April 2025

 

The Welsh Government laid a Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Bill before the Senedd on 28 April 2025 (PDF 98KB).

 

On 29 April 2025, the Business Committee agreed (PDF 59KB) a reporting deadline of 2 May 2025.

 

The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee laid its report (PDF 179KB) on 6 May 2025. The Welsh Government responded (PDF 143KB) to the report on 17 June 2025.

 

Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 3) – April 2025

 

The Welsh Government laid a Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Bill before the Senedd on 3 April 2025 (PDF 213KB).

 

On 29 April 2025, the Business Committee agreed (PDF 59KB) a reporting deadline of 2 May 2025.

 

The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee laid its report (PDF 212KB) on 1 May 2025. The Welsh Government responded (PDF 143KB) to the report on 17 June 2025.

 

Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) – March 2025

 

The Welsh Government laid a Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Bill before the Senedd on 12 March 2025 (PDF 132KB).

 

On 18 March 2025, the Business Committee agreed (PDF 58KB) a reporting deadline of 2 May 2025.

 

The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee laid its report on 2 April 2025 (PDF 201KB). The Welsh Government responded (PDF 211KB) to the report on 24 April 2025.

 

 

Legislative Consent Memorandum – January 2025

 

The Welsh Government laid a Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the Bill before the Senedd on 2 January 2025 (PDF 216KB).

 

The Business Committee referred the LCM to the Culture, Communication, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee, the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee, the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee, the Equality and Social Justice Committee and the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee with a reporting deadline of 7 March 2025 (PDF 38.7KB).

 

On 28 January 2025, the Business Committee agreed (PDF 39.5KB) a new reporting deadline of 14 March 2025.

 

On 18 February 2025, the Business Committee agreed (PDF 46KB) to further extend the reporting deadline until 28 March 2025.

 

The Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee laid its report on 7 March 2025 (PDF 378KB). The Welsh Government responded (PDF 211KB) to the report on 24 April 2025.

 

The Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee laid its report on 19 March 2025 (PDF 157KB). The Welsh Government responded (PDF 129KB) to the report on 1 May 2025.

 

The Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee laid it's report on 01 May 2025 (PDF 794KB).

 

The Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee laid its report (PDF 229KB) on 2 May 2025.