"My Lords, I bring to the attention of the House my registered interests in AI businesses and digital assets.
Digital assets operate across borders, as do cyber security threats, as we have seen in the issue with Binance. Given the considerable progress being made internationally on regulatory co-operation, does the …..." Lord Ranger of Northwood - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of current business confidence among small and medium-sized enterprises in the AI sector and what actions they are taking to encourage investment...." Lord Ranger of Northwood - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for the Answer and welcome the announcements in yesterday’s Budget in support of AI. Across a kaleidoscope of initiatives, the Government announced a total of about £600 million. To put that into context, JP Morgan advises that US hyperscalers driven by AI investment this …..." Lord Ranger of Northwood - View Speech
"My Lords, the Government were doing reasonably well through DSIT in helping a booming industry in UK AI find its way through the plethora of initiatives and policies, including the AI growth zones, the AI opportunity action plan and sovereign AI. As well as for civil servants, the removal of …..." Lord Ranger of Northwood - View Speech
"My Lords, if you watched the news yesterday, you would have seen an AI actor being interviewed by a certain Ed Balls and Susanna Reid. By the evening’s “News at Ten”, we had heard about AI extinction from the big AI tech bros. In the middle of that, we had …..." Lord Ranger of Northwood - View Speech
"My Lords, I support this group of amendments, particularly Amendment 88. I welcome and echo my noble friend’s comments about the challenges faced in financial services from the forces of technology and technological evolution, and I welcome the direction of travel from the Government, the FCA and the Bank of …..." Lord Ranger of Northwood - View Speech
"My Lords, forgive me for interjecting, but the Minister is quite right. We had a very progressive session with Mr Woolard yesterday. The question I raised with him was about the future strategy and where we were heading, because his focus is clearly on tokenisation. We noticed that there was …..." Lord Ranger of Northwood - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Drayson. We share our views on the Science and Technology Committee. I know his passion and commitment for British technology. I also thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for securing this debate at this crucial time, and declare …..." Lord Ranger of Northwood - View Speech
"My Lords, there is much scratching of heads about the detachment of science and technology. We hear about an AI Minister who will now be in a new office at the Cabinet Office and, some are also saying, at DCMS reporting into it, but we were talking about movement in …..." Lord Ranger of Northwood - View Speech
"My Lords, I support my noble friend’s Amendment 164 and will speak to Amendments 164A, 164B and 164C in my name. I declare my interest as a non-executive director of Ecila.Group—an R&D-focused firm in digital assets and payments infrastructure. I am also a member of the UKUS Crypto Alliance and, …..." Lord Ranger of Northwood - View Speech