Copyright and Artificial Intelligence

Florence Eshalomi Excerpts

Wednesday 18th December 2024 Commons Chamber

[Chris Bryant]

My hon. Friend is 100% right. Squaring the circle is what we are in the business of doing, and sometimes that is not an easy thing for Government, because not all the levers lie with Government and with legislation. To be absolutely clear, though, we know we need to provide legal certainty in this space. That almost certainly means that we will want to introduce legislation. We will not introduce legislation until such time as all the different aspects that I have already referred to—namely, transparency on inputs and outputs, control of rights reservation for rights holders, and the text and data mining exemption for commercial work—in that sphere hang together, as all of them are contingent on one another.

I think that was the last question, Madam Deputy Speaker, so have yourself a very merry Christmas.

[Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) (Lab/Co-op)]

You are supposed to sing it!

[Chris Bryant]

I don’t think I am allowed to sing at the Dispatch Box.