This is difficult territory for me. The government has made it clear that the objective is to make sure that the economy is well served by public data and that this is potentially best done with an organization that is dedicated to that purpose.
The precise shape of that is something that is currently a matter of consultation, and the consultation events are happening. There are three events, the most recent of which was on Friday. So this is very much a policy that's under development. And beyond the broad objective, it is stated that it is expensive to create, has traditionally been traded, and is often key to elements of the economy. What role would a public data corporation have in making sure that the economy has access to the information that it needs, and what would the balance be in terms of charging and in terms of free use? The precise shape, as I say, of the Public Data Corporation is very much part of the policy development process: what information; what the scope is of what information is making available; precisely where that balance is drawn between commercial opportunities on one hand and free access to data on the other; what the shape of the demand curve is, if you like, for public data. At the moment, I'm part of the consultation that the government is doing.