Science & Technology
AI, research funding, digital infrastructure, broadband, telecoms, innovation
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 56PMQs 2026-09-09
With tech billionaires driving the deployment of artificial intelligence, many constituents are concerned about job losses, misinformation and the infrastructure needed to support the technology. In S...
PMQs 2026-09-09
I thank the Prime Minister for that answer. Britain should be the safest country in the world to have a baby. We will keep raising this issue until it is the safest. The best legacy of the previous Co...
PMQs 2026-07-08
Will the Deputy Prime Minister support amendments to the Representation of the People Bill to force labelling of AI content, stop production of deepfakes of ourselves and colleagues, and protect again...
PMQs
Why is the Government pushing an agenda that will drive tens of thousands out of work due to AI deployment by Uber? Will he arrange a meeting for discussion?...
PMQs
This Labour Government’s £29 billion of investment in the NHS and £2 billion in life sciences is critical to fixing our NHS and tackling health inequalities. The Barts life sciences cluster in Whitech...
PMQs
Yesterday, the Chancellor announced £2 billion of funding for UK sovereign artificial intelligence and quantum capabilities. The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee was told that Government p...
PMQs
Last year, Plymouth was named the national centre for marine autonomy and given a defence growth deal. However, the small and medium-sized enterprises in the unmanned surface vessel sector, many of wh...
PMQs
If reports are correct that Elon Musk has climbed down today under pressure from this Government, let’s be clear: stripping women naked without consent is abusive. Will the Prime Minister join me in d...
PMQs
Cambridge is one of the most intensive science and innovation clusters in the world, and that success is based on openness to talent. At the moment, in many American universities there are many well-q...
PMQs
I like to keep the Prime Minister on his toes. Will he reverse this misguided scheme, or will he persist with a plan that makes all of our personal data vulnerable to hacks and attacks?...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 937Topical Questions 2026-09-10
I very much welcome the procurement changes that this Government have brought in. In the summer, the docks in my constituency lost a UK Research and Innovation contract on the RRS Sir David Attenborou...
Technology and Innovation 2026-09-10
I thank the Minister for his answer. The pace of innovation has never been faster, which means that the value lost by slow procurement processes has never been higher. We need the Government and Depar...
Technology and Innovation 2026-09-10
What steps she is taking to use technology to support innovation across Government....
Jobs in AI 2026-09-10
I welcome my right hon. Friend to his place—I am so pleased to see him become the first Minister for AI at the Cabinet table. In order for AI productivity gains to be felt in every postcode and in are...
EU-UK Relationship 2026-09-10
An extraordinary debate is going on right now inside and outside AI companies about whether the possibility of AI destroying humanity is more or less than 10%. The European Union is moving ahead with ...
Smart Glasses 2026-09-09
The privacy of a woman is non-negotiable, and I hope the Minister will agree that we need to carefully monitor technological advancements to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, in particu...
Smart Glasses 2026-09-09
What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of camera-enabled smart glasses on women's privacy. I am pleased by my right hon. Friend's answer, but she is in a unique p...
Frontier Artificial Intelligence 2026-09-03
What recent assessment has the government made of the potential impact of frontier AI on society?...
Topical Questions 2026-07-16
At a recent packed talk with my Highfields residents, they told me the same thing that all my residents tell me about: the scourge of potholes. We know that councils are facing a backlog of £17 billio...
Road Repairs New Technology 2026-07-16
Potholes are the bane of all our lives, including for my constituents, but I have a cunning plan: we could fix potholes much faster by tapping into the superpowers of bin men and women. Bin lorries tr...