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HANSARDNHS Diagnostic Processes: Technological InnovationI can indeed commit to that. The Government see the embrace of proven technologies and innovation as fundamental to the future survival of the NHS. I was incredibly happy to see…08 Jan 2025HANSARDNHS Diagnostic Processes: Technological InnovationI confirm that I have been working with the Health Secretary—indeed, we recently visited St Tommy’s across the road from here to see how new technology is being used in…08 Jan 2025HANSARDNHS Diagnostic Processes: Technological InnovationI am grateful for the hon. Member’s question. I have visited Huddersfield hospital, which is one of the first hospitals to fully integrate AI in its radiotherapy and scanning…08 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady asks an important question. Broadcast TV is legally protected until 2034. This Government are committed to ensuring audiences can access television in a way that…08 Jan 2025HANSARDNHS Diagnostic Processes: Technological InnovationI am grateful for that question and for the work that my hon. Friend’s Committee is doing to highlight the incredibly important challenge that we face as a Government and a…08 Jan 2025HANSARDNHS Diagnostic Processes: Technological InnovationThe first thing that we have done is increase to record levels overall the Government’s investment in R&D. Pioneering work is also going on through Innovate UK, the Advanced…08 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance ContributionsThe Government have increased investment in R&D to record levels. We have also repaired the public finances, including the black hole left by the previous Administration. We have…08 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have seen fear and lies spread about life in Britain, with those who have done little or nothing to combat child sexual abuse stretching every sinew to jump on the bandwagon.…08 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance ContributionsWe have found ways to get new investment into universities, which we are putting on a solid financial footing. This is just the start. We always knew that we could not fix all the…08 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance ContributionsWe have put the public finances on a solid footing. Our economy is now stable in a way that has not been the case for 14 years. The Conservatives want all the benefits of the last…08 Jan 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance ContributionsI think the hon. Gentleman missed the investment summit that the Government held just before Christmas, at which a record £60 billion was invested into this country, £24 billion…08 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree, of course. Technological innovation will be key to the move to net zero, and the UK will be at the forefront of that. SMRs are particularly exciting. I have met…08 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises a very important point, one that the Government are committed to. That is why we increased research and development spending to the highest of any…08 Jan 2025HANSARDOnline Safety Act 2023: ImplementationToday, the Government have reached two significant milestones in the implementation of the Online Safety Act (“the Act”), marking an important step forward in creating a safer…16 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for raising one of the most serious issues of our time. The Online Safety Act 2023 requires providers, as part of their risk assessment,…20 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsTo protect people online, today I became the first Secretary of State to exercise the power to set out my strategic online safety proposals for Ofcom to consider. From increasing…20 Nov 2024HANSARDFrontier AI SafetyThe UK is a founding member of the AI Safety Institute international network. The network convenes for the first time today in San Francisco.20 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his post. We worked together on the all-party parliamentary group on the fourth industrial revolution, which he chaired, and I look forward to…20 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat a pleasure it is to speak from the Dispatch Box to another Labour MP from Sussex. That issue is a Department of Health and Social Care responsibility but, on its behalf, the…20 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are working closely with individual universities, the university sector and our intelligence community to ensure that our research is not only world class but safe…20 Nov 2024