Eric Pickles – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Eric Pickles on 2015-11-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will support the inclusion of a specific exemption for Holocaust research in the forthcoming European General Data Protection Regulation.

Mr Edward Vaizey

I agree that it is vital that the General Data Protection Regulation, currently being negotiated, provides safeguards to enable historical researchers and archivists to continue with important work.