Debates between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe during the 2024 Parliament

AI: International Co-operation

Debate between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Wednesday 22nd July 2026

(1 week, 6 days ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark Portrait Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Chief Whip (Lord Kennedy of Southwark) (Lab Co-op)
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My Lords, we will hear from the Labour and then the Conservative Benches.

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Portrait Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab)
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My Lords, I hope we will raise our sights above some of our traditional disputes. The threat we face is a worldwide one, as is recognised with what happened with the attack on Hugging Face by OpenAI. This is truly a threat to the whole world, regardless of where we come from politically, and we must therefore look to get the maximum co-operation, on a worldwide basis, that we can secure. Could we, as a starter, start to write out what principles and what guidance we should seek to put into AI that should be minimum standards for a world application?

NHS: Corridor Care

Debate between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
Wednesday 4th February 2026

(6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark Portrait Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)
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It is definitely the turn of the Labour Benches. Can noble Lords make up their minds quickly?

Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Portrait Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab)
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My Lords, my recent experience in care homes is that there are vacancies—unfilled beds—in private care homes. When are we going to do something about the mismatch of people in corridors, when beds are available? There needs to be some system introduced to get people into them.