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HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanIn July, I commissioned Matt Clifford CBE, tech entrepreneur and chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, to develop an AI opportunities action plan. Today, that plan,…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanWith permission, I would like to make a statement about the Government’s AI opportunities action plan. This Government were elected on a programme of change. Today, we are…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI am kind of grateful for the hon. Member’s comments, but I feel a bit sorry for him. He praised Matt Clifford and his independent report, because Matt Clifford is an astonishing…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for her comments and for the service of her Committee. It was a privilege to go before her Committee so soon after its formation, and I…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her constructive comments. She mentions trust. Trust is incredibly important in this whole agenda. We have seen too many times in the past where…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanThe people of Stoke-on-Trent are extremely lucky to have such a strong advocate, not just for the infrastructure of the future but for the skills and the talent that exists across…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanThe hon. Lady, unfortunately, does not understand the idea of a consultation. We are open minded and we are listening eagerly to the sector. What I will not do is be forced to…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanThe people and businesses of High Peak have a great champion in my hon. Friend, and as such they will be able to reap the rewards. We need all parts of the economy to embrace…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanThe right hon. Gentleman is a persistent advocate of the issue that he has raised, but let me gently say to him that if the current legal regime were so satisfactory, there would…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI have visited Silicon Valley three times in the past year, and one of the things I have noticed is that the constituent parts that make it so magical when it comes to innovation…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The thing about AI is that it is not a singular technology; it is a general purpose technology. Just in health alone, AI is already being used…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanThe hon. Lady has raised a very good point. I can assure her that we are indeed in touch with the Home Office, as we are with every frontline public service department, to ensure…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI can assure the hon. Gentleman that we are piloting, developing and hoping to deploy AI across Government to drive efficiencies and effectiveness, and to serve the people of this…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanThe people of Exeter will experience many benefits through this Government’s digital technology programme. We have created the digital centre of Government because previously…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanThe right hon. Gentleman raises an incredibly pertinent point, and he mentions one of the great challenges. There are many challenges in this agenda, which is why we are striving…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanAt last, there is a great advocate for a sustainable, fully funded, fully costed compute landscape for our country. That is something we have begun announcing in today’s plan, and…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanWe are already on record as saying that we want more licensing of copyrighted material, not less. The hon. Gentleman’s characterisation is a mischaracterisation of the intentions…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanMy hon. Friend makes the most important point. I am determined—I have said this publicly numerous times—that equity will be built into the technology and the policies of this…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI am grateful that my hon. Friend can already see the benefits from this investment, because she is positive and is engaging and thinking deeply about the potential benefits.…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI can assure the hon. Gentleman that the energy and other constituent needs of data centres are, at last, being taken into account in strategic planning in our country. We have…13 Jan 2025