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...
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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?...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 943Prison Improvement: Digital Technology
What role does the Minister expect technology to play in improving long-term performance of prisons, and will officials engage with Edinburgh researchers? Although justice policy is devolved, tech and...
Trial by Jury
There are reports that the Government are considering tabling an amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill so that, in either-way offences, a judge will decide whether a defendant faces a jury or is ...
Violence against Women and Girls: AI-based Crime
What can the Government do to give Ofcom the power and ability to crack down on disgusting online content more quickly, so that we can keep women and girls safer?...
Trial by Jury 2026-09-15
There are reports that the Government are considering tabling an amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill so that, in either-way offences, a judge will decide whether a defendant faces a jury or is ...
Violence against Women and Girls: AI-based Crime 2026-09-15
Violence against women and girls is hardly new, but perverts and abusers now have the ability to generate huge amounts of appalling content at lightning speed, and we are not able to respond quickly e...
Young People not in Education, Employment or Training 2026-09-14
Dorset Innovation Park is home to a number of defence firms that are looking to expand. However, too many young people right across South Dorset are unable to get the qualifications that these employe...
Topical 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...