Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether records, minutes or notes were taken of meetings between ministers and OpenAI representatives in relation to the Memorandum of Understanding between those parties; and whether they will publish such records.
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding.
Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government which ministers and officials were involved in the negotiation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government and OpenAI; how many meetings took place regarding the Memorandum of Understanding; and on what dates.
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding.
Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any meetings relating to the Memorandum of Understanding between ministers and OpenAI representatives took place without officials present.
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding.
Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether draft versions of their Memorandum of Understanding with Open AI were exchanged prior to signature; and whether they plan to publish such drafts.
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding.
Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government what internal governance and approval processes were followed prior to agreeing the Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI.
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
DSIT and OpenAI agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on 21 July 2025 which built on years of collaboration on a range of issues covering from economic growth to security. Through strategic partnerships with leading frontier model developers, including our Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, we aim to accelerate AI-driven economic growth and create opportunities to improve lives across the UK. We are working with OpenAI and other leading AI companies to explore investment in UK infrastructure, improve public services, and rigorously assess the safety and security of new technologies before public release. This MoU is not legally binding.
Ministerial meetings are published according to normal transparency requirements on the GOV.UK website. Over the period (2024–2025) a number of meetings were held between Ministers and OpenAI.
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 18 March (HLWS1419), what progress they have made towards establishing a working group on independent and smaller creative organisations to explore whether there is a role for government to support their ability to license their content.
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
On 18 March, we published our report and impact assessment on copyright and AI. This set out where we will do more work with our creative and AI sectors. This summer we will launch a consultation on digital replicas; establish a taskforce on the labelling of AI‑generated content, which will publish an interim report in autumn 2026; and set up a working group to support independent and smaller creatives. Further details will be set out in due course, including on the creator control review and the composition of the taskforce and working group.
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 18 March (HLWS1419), what progress they have made towards publishing a review of the mechanisms available for creators to control their works online, including standards, technical solutions, and best practice on input transparency.
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
On 18 March, we published our report and impact assessment on copyright and AI. This set out where we will do more work with our creative and AI sectors. This summer we will launch a consultation on digital replicas; establish a taskforce on the labelling of AI‑generated content, which will publish an interim report in autumn 2026; and set up a working group to support independent and smaller creatives. Further details will be set out in due course, including on the creator control review and the composition of the taskforce and working group.
Asked by: Baroness Kidron (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 18 March (HLWS1419), what progress they have made towards establishing a taskforce on the labelling of AI-generated content.
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
On 18 March, we published our report and impact assessment on copyright and AI. This set out where we will do more work with our creative and AI sectors. This summer we will launch a consultation on digital replicas; establish a taskforce on the labelling of AI‑generated content, which will publish an interim report in autumn 2026; and set up a working group to support independent and smaller creatives. Further details will be set out in due course, including on the creator control review and the composition of the taskforce and working group.