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Data Law | UK Regulatory Outlook May 2024

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Following the announcement of the UK general election being called for 4 July 2024, Parliament has been prorogued.

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DPDI bill falls following UK election announcement

Following the announcement of the UK general election being called for 4 July 2024, Parliament has been prorogued. This means that any legislation that was not passed during the short wash-up period which ended on 24 May 2024 will now fall away and we will have to wait to see whether the newly elected government will introduce the legislation. See our Insight for more details on this wash-up period.

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI Bill) was at the report stage in the House of Lords when the Parliament was prorogued with sitting scheduled for June, and its progression through Parliament has not been accelerated during the wash-up period. This means that the bill now falls and it is open for the incoming government to introduce the bill again (such bills would have to start the Parliamentary process from scratch), but they are under no obligation to do so.

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