Asked by: Richard Baker (Labour - Glenrothes and Mid Fife)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the UK has sovereign AI capacity.
Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)
AI is the most powerful technology of our lifetimes, and the engine of economic growth and of hard power.
Britain must secure greater control and leverage over AI to boost our prosperity and protect our national security - especially in a context where access to the latest frontier models can easily be withdrawn.
Our AI Security Institute is world leading and one of a handful of organisations which had access to Mythos before release.
We have also signalled a decisive shift towards backing more British AI companies through our
Which will ensure the UK has the infrastructure needed to seize the transformative power of this technology.
Asked by: Richard Baker (Labour - Glenrothes and Mid Fife)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to maximise the benefits of rejoining the (a) Horizon and (b) Copernicus programmes.
Answered by Feryal Clark
It is our priority to make Horizon association a success. Government have launched a series of initiatives have been launched to help UK organisations engage with the programme. These include a marketing campaign and large-scale events around the country to promote Horizon Europe, and pump priming support to help increase application numbers, delivered by the British Academy and Innovate UK. On Copernicus, DSIT has been working closely with the UK Earth observation sector to promote the opportunities from renewed participation in the EU Copernicus programme. This includes hosting two Copernicus industry days, investing £250m to support industry and academics to stay at the forefront of Earth observation and through the UK Space Agency. For both programmes, the Department is actively working with European partners to promote UK expertise and capabilities and encouraging collaboration opportunities.
Asked by: Richard Baker (Labour - Glenrothes and Mid Fife)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to replace the Galileo scheme.
Answered by Chris Bryant - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
There are no plans to replace the EU’s Global Navigation Satellite System – Galileo – with a UK system. The Government is implementing the October 2023 Government Policy Framework for Greater Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Resilience, which will provide greater resilience for the PNT services that the UK relies upon in the event of any disruption to Global Navigation Satellite Systems.