Extract from Lords debate
on UK Defence Forces
(Lab):...As a number of noble Lords have mentioned,
key questions include deciding how vital to our core interests
amphibiosity is in general, the future of the Royal Marines and the
potential loss of HMS “Albion” and HMS “Bulwark” in a trade-off
with the Navy. Technical developments, such as Artificial Intelligence, have changed the
debate, and of course the nature of the debate is changing so
rapidly that the 2015 SDSR already needs a review...
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Extract from
Lords debate on Online Gambling
(Con):..I want to
make a specific point about the multi-operator self-exclusion
scheme—MOSES—which, by the way, I enthusiastically support. It is
a very positive step. As I understand it, around 100 online
gambling operators are licensed by the Gambling Commission, and
they are covered by the multi-operator scheme. However, I have
also seen that there are 30,000 sites worldwide. Are the
Government reviewing all software and Artificial Intelligence options, such as
gamban, to exclude all these sites?
This is such an important debate, and this issue is moving up the
national agenda. If, based on transparent and independent
research which we could all accept as correct, we could reduce
gambling advertising offline and online, particularly when
targeted at the young, and help problem gamblers manage their
addiction with the assistance of MOSES and of new software
and Artificial Intelligencesolutions, we would, as
a result, have a healthier and safer society...
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