Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2: how MPs voted on 7 May 2025
Division 188, 7 May 2025, 18:14. The Commons Votes API gives 88 Ayes, 287 Noes: majority 199 for the Noes.
The question
New Clause 2
Compliance with UK copyright law by operators of web crawlers and general-purpose AI models
“(1) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision (including any such provision as might be made by Act of Parliament), requiring the operators of web crawlers and general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) models whose services have links with the United Kingdom within the meaning of section 4(5) of the Online Safety Act 2023 to comply with United Kingdom copyright law, including the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, regardless of the jurisdiction in which the copyright-relevant acts relating to the pre-training, development and operation of those web crawlers and general-purpose AI models take place.
(2) Provision made under subsection (1) must apply to the entire lifecycle of a general-purpose AI model, including but not limited to—
(a) pre-training and training,
(b) fine tuning,
(c) grounding and retrieval-augmented generation, and
(d) the collection of data for the said purposes.
(3) The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a draft of the statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (1) within six months of the day on which this Act is passed and the regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure.”.—(Victoria Collins.)
This new clause requires web crawlers and general-purpose AI models with UK links to comply with UK copyright law across all stages of AI development.
Brought up.
Question put, That the clause be added to the Bill.
As printed in Hansard before the division.
By party
Liberal Democrat MPs cast 54 of the 88 named Aye votes; Labour MPs 284 of the 286 named No votes.
| Party | Aye (named) | No (named) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 0 | 284 |
| Liberal Democrat | 54 | 0 |
| Independent | 8 | 2 |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 |
| Scottish National Party | 6 | 0 |
| Green Party | 4 | 0 |
| Plaid Cymru | 4 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 3 | 0 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | 0 |
| Social Democratic & Labour Party | 1 | 0 |
| Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 88 | 286 |
Tellers: Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat, Wells and Mendip Hills) and Susan Murray (Liberal Democrat, Mid Dunbartonshire) (Ayes); Anna McMorrin (Labour, Cardiff North) and Gen Kitchen (Labour, Wellingborough and Rushden) (Noes).
How each MP voted
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Sources
- Bill: Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
- Hansard: Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords]
- Commons division 188
- Commons Votes API: division
99cbe5b0685b23f515 October 2026 - Hansard API: division search
b1ab8e1ec9335fbe15 October 2026 - Hansard API: debate
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