Artificial Intelligence: Legislation

Lord Houghton of Richmond Excerpts
Thursday 16th July 2026

(1 week, 6 days ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Lloyd of Effra Portrait Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Lab)
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The noble Viscount is right that the cyber security and resilience Bill will indeed place new obligations on regulators, but that goes hand in hand with the support and the changes in funding and fee recovery that they will be able, after consultation, to enact. They are also supported by the technical authority of the NCSC, which provides them with advice on this. It is obviously the nature of all regulatory activities that they must take into account developments in society and the economy, and the transformative impact of AI. The Regulatory Innovation Office supports regulators to look at how they can adopt AI themselves to improve their regulatory efficiency, as well as looking at developments in their own sectors.

Lord Houghton of Richmond Portrait Lord Houghton of Richmond (CB)
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Can the Minister inform the House what body will hold ultimate responsibility for the authorisation and regulation of artificial intelligence in autonomous weapons systems?