It's Official – It Is Third Time Lucky For The UK's Data Reform Bill

Finally, on 11 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Bill passed and brought an end to the seemingly never-ending constitutional ping pong between the Commons and the Lords, the Lords and the Commons. The last hurdle is Royal Assent which, at the time of writing, according to the Parliament website will take place on - you guessed it - "date to be announced"!

The contentious AI and copyright proposals which were behind the back and forth were finally dropped, with the compromise being that the Secretary of State has committed to draft legislation with provisions on transparency for copyright owners regarding using copyrighted works for training AI models.

While many expected the Bill to pass weeks ago, the delay had started to raise eyebrows on the Continent as the EU Commission extended its adequacy process by six months to allow for the passage of the Bill (for more information see here). With the EU Commission needing to conduct its assessment and make its