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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

The Big Data Dilemma inquiry

Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee (Commons), 16 July 2015 to 26 April 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 27 October 2015: Aisling Burnand, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Medical Research Charities, Professor John Williams, Director, Health Informatics Unit, Royal College of Physicians, Dame Fiona Caldicott, National Data Guardian for Health and CareGeorge Windsor, Senior Policy Researcher, Creative and Digital Economy, Nesta, Sue Daley, Head of Big Data, Cloud and Mobile, Tech UK, Dr Paul Feldman, Chief Executive, Jisc, Chirdeep Chhabra, Senior Manager, Data Programmes, Digital CatapultRichard Woolhouse, Chief Economist and Head of Research and Strategy, British Bankers' Association, James Meekings, Co-Founder and UK Managing Director, Funding Circle, Imran Gulamhuseinwala, Partner, Ernst & Young
  • 17 November 2015: Chris Combemale, Chief Executive Officer, Direct Marketing Association, Professor Jonathan Montgomery, Chair, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, Renate Samson, Chief Executive, Big Brother Watch; Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner
  • 1 December 2015: Hetan Shah, Executive Director, Royal Statistical Society, Paul Maltby, Director of Data, Government Digital Service, and Gavin Starks, Chief Executive Officer, Open Data Institute; Mr Edward Vaizey MP, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Rebecca Endean OBE, Director, Research Base, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Baroness Shields, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and Peter Knight, Deputy Director, Research and Development Directorate, Department of Health