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HANSARDScientists: Working in the United KingdomI thank the noble Baroness for her question. In answer to the first part, I can confirm that the Minister sitting next to me heard that, so the Home Office will be aware. The…13 May 2025HANSARDScientists: Working in the United KingdomI thank my noble friend. We have always been the beneficiaries of brain gain; we have been attractive to top-class overseas researchers for many years. Indeed, about one-third of…13 May 2025HANSARDScientists: Working in the United KingdomThe UK has a world-leading science base, supported by some of the top universities and research institutions, and offers prestigious fellowships and professorships through UKRI…13 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I apologise to the noble Baroness if she found that dismissive. My point was to try to say that there is a clear imperative under the new situation to have biological sex verified…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, for his Motion 32A and Amendments 32B and 32C, and Motion 52A and Amendments 52B and 52C. I reiterate that this Government have been…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to some of the amendments made in the other place, starting with Amendments 1 to 31. These will ensure that smart data schemes can function optimally and…12 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]That this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 1.12 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesPublic services are of course central to the AI Opportunities Action Plan , which outlines how we will improve these services to drive growth. We have announced £42 million for…06 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesThe deployment of AI has started, as the noble Lord recognised, and I have given the three headline exemplars—and others are being put in through the incubator for AI that sits…06 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesAs I mentioned, there are three AI exemplars being used at the moment. They are: future customer experience; citizen AI agents —so starting with an AI agent to help young people…06 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesI thank the noble Baroness. This is an incredibly important point. As the noble Baroness rightly says, the AI training datasets are often not on the right things, and this is an…06 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesOnce again, that is a very important question. The noble Baroness is absolutely right. It is as true for AI as it is for other systems: rubbish in, rubbish out. Well-curated,…06 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesWe are working closely with our friends in Europe on AI, both at the safety and security level through the AI Security Institute and more broadly. We have a bilateral meeting with…06 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesAs the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose, rightly suggests, between 4% and 7% of public sector spend could be reduced with a mix of digitalisation and AI. Both those things become…06 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesI thank the noble Lord. It is in the Government’s interest to help here as much as we can. However, as the noble Lord will know, that is a parliamentary accountability, not a…06 May 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Public ServicesLike almost every technology that has been introduced, this can do good and harm. The noble Lord is quite right to raise the question of where it is going to cause more harm and,…06 May 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationThe Government remain committed to bringing forward AI legislation to realise the enormous benefits of this technology in a safe manner. We are continuing to refine our proposals…29 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationI can assure the noble Lord that the Government are most certainly not going backwards in this respect. I can also assure him that the AI Security Institute which has been set up…29 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationI thank the noble Lord for his question and enjoyed reading his report very much. There are three ways in which this cross-government AI approach will be looked at. First, as I…29 Apr 2025HANSARDAI: Cross-sector LegislationYes, regulation is clearly important, and that is why we formed the Regulatory Innovation Office, which is looking at AI, among other areas, including AI in healthcare. There are…29 Apr 2025