Department for Science, Innovation and Technology written question – answered at on 15 July 2025.
Alison Hume
Labour, Scarborough and Whitby
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made on the expert working groups on (a) transparency, (b) licensing and (c) other technical standards mandated by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.
Feryal Clark
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government has committed to establishing expert stakeholder working groups to inform the development of policy on copyright and AI.
In line with debates in Parliament on the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, 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 16th July. The Government will publish details and a list of working group members in due course.
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