Alex Davies-Jones: Q How will the Bill ensure that the smaller businesses and start-ups are not unfairly disadvantaged by the existing, big, dominant market players?
Rushanara Ali: Q Thank you all. Before we suspend the sitting for a vote, it is important to get you to introduce yourselves. We will start and see how much progress we make. Next we have Owen Meredith, the CEO of the News Media Association; Peter Wright, the editor emeritus of DMG Media; and Dan Conway, CEO of the Publishers Association. Will you introduce yourselves for the record?
Seema Malhotra: Q Thank you very much for coming to give evidence to the Committee. I know from your briefings that you have welcomed the Bill, but I wonder if you might be able to talk us through where you see gaps. Specifically, where do you think there should be, for the successful implementation and enforcement of the new regimes, a greater role for trading standards officers, and why?
Alex Davies-Jones: Q How important is it that this legislation is not watered down, as the Government’s approach to the Online Safety Bill has been as that passes through the House?
Seema Malhotra: Q Thank you for joining us to give evidence. Will you outline what you see as the main consumer issues in the retail industry that you would want—hope for—the Bill to address? Do you see any gaps?
Alex Davies-Jones: Q This is a question that we have been asking a lot of the witnesses today, but it is important to get your views on the record. Could you please outline whether you think the Bill will help or hinder innovation growth in the UK digital sector? Do you think the Bill goes far enough, or are there any omissions from the Bill that you would like to see included?
Seema Malhotra: Q Thank you for coming to give evidence. Perhaps I could start with you, Ms Chundur, and then others may wish to come in. Do you think that this Bill will adequately address consumer detriment in digital markets? Are there areas where the legislation could go further?
Alex Davies-Jones: Q Professor Fletcher?
Seema Malhotra: Q Thank you for coming to give us evidence today. I have a couple of questions. First, will you outline how you see the Bill delivering consumer benefits, and how you will seek to measure that impact? Secondly, the Government announced with much fanfare that the Bill would tackle the practice of fake reviews, but they are not mentioned in the legislation; they are instead left to a delegated...
Seema Malhotra: Thank you very much for coming today to give evidence. We very much appreciate your time. The CMA has supported this legislation, and there has been quite a lot of talk about how it provides a different approach to how the EU has taken forward legislation in this area. Do you think we have got the balance right, and why do you think a more flexible approach is helpful? You may have an example...
Apsana Begum: ...police is at an all-time low, not least following the killing of Chris Kaba, who was fatally shot by a Metropolitan police firearms officer in September last year; the treatment of Child Q; the kidnap and killing of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer; the evidence of institutional racism and misogyny, and so on. Even more unaccountable power is being handed to the police when so...
Nigel Huddleston: The Department for Business and Trade promotes UK tech to American investors via dedicated officials resource in country, cultivating relationships with U.S. investors, such as, Google, In-Q-Tel and IBM, to promote UK tech start-ups, and facilitate introductions between UK founders and American VCs. We collaborated with the British Venture Capital Association, taking UK VCs across the U.S. to...
Stephanie Peacock: Q What are the main implications of the Bill for people’s personal data rights?
Stephanie Peacock: Q My first question is to Alexandra. What would the benefit be to the general public of the Government being transparent about their use of algorithms?
Stephanie Peacock: Good afternoon to you both; you are very welcome. My first question is to Andrew. Obviously, the nature of work has changed significantly over the past few decades, particularly in the last decade. What impact has technology, particularly the rise of automated decision making and automated performance management, had on the workplace?Q
Stephanie Peacock: Q You are both very welcome. My first question is to Aimee. Currently, police are required by section 62 of the Data Protection Act 2018 to log their justification for accessing specific data records; this Bill, of course, changes that. How time consuming is that requirement currently for officers?
Stephanie Peacock: Q Good afternoon. What are the main implications of the Bill for employers? Specifically, how will enabling greater use of a digital verification service help employers to make hiring decisions?
Stephanie Peacock: Q Good afternoon to both witnesses. I have a broad opening question. What are the main implications of the Bill’s provisions for the finance sector?
Stephanie Peacock: Q Will the new definition in the Bill of what constitutes scientific research help people in your field to conduct more or better research? If so, what impact would this research have on citizens and healthcare?
Philip Hollobone: Q We will now hear oral evidence from Dr Jeni Tennison, founder and executive director of Connected by Data; Anna Thomas, co-founder and director at the Institute for the Future of Work; and Michael Birtwistle, associate director of AI law and regulation at the Ada Lovelace Institute. For this session we have until 11.25 am. Will the witnesses, from right to left, please be kind enough to...