HC Deb 28 January 1998 vol 305 c285W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to review the workings of the Data Protection Act 1984; and if he will make a statement. [25327]

Mr. George Howarth

A Data Protection Bill to give effect to the 1995 European Communities Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) was introduced in the House of Lords on 14 January. This Bill repeals and replaces the Data Protection Act 1984.