Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Abolition Debate
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Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Abolition
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Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Con)
My Lords, there is a problem. The Minister’s remarks seem perfectly reasonable, although rather difficult to understand, but can she indicate to the House precisely how many people, and what categories of people, will be working with the Minister, who now has a Cabinet position?
Baroness Twycross (Lab)
I am unclear about how I am going to come up with an exact figure for somebody who covers a cross-government function, albeit that he will have teams such as AISI working specifically with him. I cannot stress enough that this Government see AI as so crucial that we have a Cabinet-level Minister who has responsibility for drawing all these threads together and for making sure that we are well equipped for both the opportunities that are presented and the well-documented risks associated with AI.