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HANSARD AI SafetyIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Butler, for my first Westminster Hall debate. It is a particular pleasure not only to have you bring your technological…10 Dec 2025HANSARD AI SafetyMy hon. Friend brings deep expertise from her past career. If she feels there are particular absences in the legislation on equalities, I would be happy to take a look, though…10 Dec 2025HANSARDDraft Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. It is a pleasure to serve under your…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I thank Committee members for their valuable contributions to the debate. The update in the regulations will bring us closer to achieving the Government’s commitments to improve…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025Let me be clear: there is no lack of clarity in the scope of the Bill. It is extremely clear to a provider whether they are in scope or not. If they have user-to-user engagement…18 Nov 2025HANSARDAI Growth ZonesI am publishing a Command Paper delivering AI growth zones, setting out the Government strategy to ensure the United Kingdom remains a global leader in artificial intelligence by…13 Nov 2025HANSARDUK Research and Innovation: Funding DistributionA British technological revolution is going to ensure that working people see good jobs and local prosperity wherever they live and wherever they call home, right across the…12 Nov 2025HANSARDUK Research and Innovation: Funding DistributionLet me assure my hon. Friend that the Government are committed to ensuring that every region benefits from the UK’s world-leading research base. That is exactly why we are backing…12 Nov 2025HANSARDUK Research and Innovation: Funding DistributionThat is a very easy yes, combining my interest in agriculture and technology. I will take the right hon. Member up on his offer.12 Nov 2025HANSARDCyber-security and ResilienceIn June 2024, Synnovis, a supplier of pathology services to the NHS, was the victim of a ransomware attack. Computer systems were hacked, private patient data was stolen, and IT…12 Nov 2025HANSARDDrug Dealing on Social MediaMy hon. Friend is a master of short clips in the Chamber, so I will take both his skill and his sincerity on this question to heart and work with him to ensure we robustly enforce…12 Nov 2025HANSARDOnline SafetyI thank the hon. Member for raising these cases, which are very much in our minds. Each one is a deep tragedy. We have looked very carefully at this issue. Some chatbots,…12 Nov 2025HANSARDOnline SafetyI thank my hon. Friend, both for the point she makes and for her ongoing insight and expertise on these questions. Let me be very clear about the current scope: chatbots that…12 Nov 2025HANSARDDrug Dealing on Social MediaLet me assure the hon. Member that we are taking tough action against drug dealing, both offline and online. There is now a strong new duty under the Online Safety Act to prevent…12 Nov 2025HANSARDDrug Dealing on Social MediaThe hon. Member’s campaign has been noticed and I would be very happy to meet her to discuss how we can work together to ensure that enforcement is robust on this question.12 Nov 2025HANSARDOnline SafetyThis Government are committed to keeping people safe online. For the first time, platforms now have a legal duty to ensure that they are protecting users from illegal content and,…12 Nov 2025HANSARDOnline SafetyLet me be very clear: of course we will. We have already both engaged with Ofcom and commissioned further work on this question, and we will report on that at the earliest…12 Nov 2025HANSARDAnimal Testing in Science: Alternative MethodsI am repeating the following written ministerial statement made today in the other place by the Minister of State for Science, Innovation, Research and Nuclear, my noble Friend…11 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025I am afraid that I cannot commit to a legislative timeline, but we want to move very fast on the Bill and are looking for the right opportunity in Parliament to introduce it. The…04 Nov 2025HANSARDDraft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products)…04 Nov 2025