Artificial Intelligence
Regulation
(Salford and Eccles)
(Lab)
7. What steps she is taking to ensure that regulators have
adequate capacity and co-ordination to implement the AI
regulatory principles.
The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Ensuring that regulators have the right skills and capabilities
to regulate in their domains is fundamental to the effective
delivery of our approach on artificial intelligence regulation.
To support that, we have established a central co-ordination
function, which will provide regulators with guidance on
implementing the regulatory principles and help them to identify
emerging risks and challenges. The £10 million funding we have
announced to jump-start regulator capacity and capability will
form a crucial element of this work.
AI in the UK still lacks sufficient regulation, despite the pace
of change and the risks posed. The Government stated that they
expect to introduce
“a statutory duty on regulators requiring them to have due
regard”
to the five high-level principles outlined in the AI White Paper.
So will the Secretary of State confirm if and when she will
legislate for that, and what factors will inform her decision?
The risks of AI are still emerging, so the priority of this
Government is keeping pace with those risks, to keep the public
safe. That is why we have an agile, sector-specific approach,
utilising our world-leading regulators, whereas the Opposition
keep calling for legislation on an area they do not understand.
(North East Hertfordshire)
(Con)
Does the Secretary of State agree that one important thing about
the Bletchley conference was that it enabled international
co-operation on interoperability and a common approach? Does she
also agree that that will enable regulators to co-operate
internationally?
I absolutely agree with what my right hon. and learned Friend
says, and I call it the “Bletchley effect”; we have seen action
taken in other nations across the world since our world-leading
first ever AI global summit on safety.
