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HANSARDAI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my registered interests as the founder director of Oxehealth, a University of Oxford spin-out which uses AI for healthcare applications…13 Jun 2025HANSARDAI Opportunities Action PlanMy Lords, a strong emphasis in the AI Opportunities Action Plan is the development of human capital to maintain the UK as one of the leading countries in the world for AI. In the…05 Jun 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs: DyscalculiaMy Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend Lady Bull on securing this debate and making such a strong case for action in just under 10 minutes. On Monday, we released the final…04 Jun 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak as the founder of two AI spin-outs, and I draw the House’s attention to my registered interests as the founder-director of Oxehealth, a University of…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am authorised to speak on Motion 43A, as someone with regular day-to-day experience of scientific research. Since I started my PhD in 1981, I have had the privilege of…12 May 2025HANSARDEngineering Biology (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, on her excellent report. I would not say that it is too long; rather, it is very comprehensive. However,…28 Apr 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I speak in support of the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, on Amendment 58, to which I have also put my name. Given the time, I will speak only about NHS datasets. There…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear ReactorsMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Spellar, mentioned the AI opportunities action plan, including the plan to build data centres—among them, the largest UK data centre so far. These…22 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of this amendment. Anyone who has written computer code, and I plead guilty, knows that large software systems are never bug-free. These…18 Dec 2024HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Kidron’s Amendment 211, to which I have put my name. I speak not as a technophobe but as a card-carrying technophile. I declare an…18 Dec 2024HANSARDPublic Authority Algorithmic and Automated Decision-Making Systems Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Lane-Fox. I agree with her points about implementation and upskilling the Civil Service. There is much that I want to…13 Dec 2024HANSARDLarge Language Models and Generative AI (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my registered interests as a director of Oxehealth, a University of Oxford spin-out that uses AI for healthcare applications. It is a…21 Nov 2024HANSARDScience and Technology: EconomyMy Lords, I declare an interest as a director of Oxford University Innovation. I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, for securing this debate and for his thorough review of…31 Oct 2024HANSARDComputer Science Applications to English UniversitiesMy Lords, for the UK to remain a leading AI nation we need a reasonable proportion of UK-domiciled computer science graduates to study for a PhD in computer science or AI in a UK…09 Oct 2024HANSARDHigher Education FundingMy Lords, it is a great honour and privilege to address this House for the first time. I must first thank noble Lords for their warm welcome, and the officials and staff for their…12 Sept 2024