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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Deputy Prime Minister played a prominent role at the artificial intelligence summit in Bletchley Park earlier this month. One big question is whether open source should be…23 Nov 2023HANSARDPublic Procurement: Value for MoneyIt is clear from the Chancellor’s autumn statement yesterday that we will need to make savings in public sector budgets for some years to come to overcome the impact of inflation,…23 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls: LegislationI welcome the Minister to her well-deserved appointment. She will be aware of the case of David Fuller, who, as well as murdering two women, abused the corpses of over 100 women…21 Nov 2023HANSARDAI-generated Content: Social MediaI warmly congratulate my hon. Friend on his appointment and welcome him to the Dispatch Box. GCHQ this week says that it expects hostile disruption of the next election through…15 Nov 2023HANSARD Artificial Intelligence Safety SummitMay I congratulate the Government on convening the summit and on its success? It is, as the Secretary of State said, a considerable achievement to get the US, the EU and China to…09 Nov 2023HANSARDBritish SteelMay I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Scunthorpe (Holly Mumby-Croft) for her passionate support for steelmaking in her constituency? Just yesterday at the Dispatch…08 Nov 2023HANSARDZero-emission Vehicles, Drivers and HS2The Secretary of State will know that in 2025, it is the 200th anniversary of the world’s first passenger railway in Britain. Does he share my dismay and, frankly, shame that in…16 Oct 2023HANSARD EU ProgrammesScience does not recognise borders, and everyone wins when the best UK scientists can work with the best in the EU and around the world, so this is a huge and positive…07 Sept 2023HANSARD Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education SettingsThe Secretary of State knows that in July I met the Minister for Schools, my right hon. Friend the Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Nick Gibb), when St James’ Primary…04 Sept 2023HANSARDArtificial IntelligenceI congratulate the Secretary of State on her sure-footed discharge of her responsibilities over the past few weeks, which I think end today. In the White Paper, there is a…19 Jul 2023HANSARDEngagementsSome 800,000 people work indirectly or directly in our car industry, which accounts for 10% of our country’s exports. I strongly welcome the £4 billion investment by Tata Motors…19 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionThe hon. Gentleman describes a very long-standing problem. Does he have evidence to suggest that the problem was any less during the years before 2010, when the Labour party was…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionI welcome my right hon. Friend’s very timely regulations. This Thursday I am meeting the Environment Agency, along with two of my local angling societies, the Royal Tunbridge…18 Jul 2023HANSARD Environmental ProtectionWill the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsSeveral important pharmacies in my constituency, including the one in Hawkhurst, have been experiencing pressures, with long queues of customers sometimes going outside the door.…11 Jul 2023HANSARDArtificial IntelligenceThe hon. Lady makes an excellent point. These challenges, as I put them, do not often have easy resolution. The question of detecting bias is a very important one. Both of us have…29 Jun 2023HANSARDArtificial IntelligenceIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness (Matt Warman) on securing it and on his excellent speech and…29 Jun 2023HANSARDArtificial IntelligenceMy view is that it should be a global initiative. At the very least, strong security aspects will combine like-minded nations. We should advance that; we may put protections in…29 Jun 2023HANSARD Local Radio: BBC ProposalsI completely agree with the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone); what he describes in the far north of Scotland applies to the south-east of…22 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn 30 December 2020, during the pandemic, the then Prime Minister met the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford and promised £150 million in funding for the university’s…14 Jun 2023