Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to consult on introducing mandatory accessibility information standards for businesses to support disabled consumers and help businesses.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
My department currently has no plans to consult on introducing mandatory accessibility information standards for businesses. Businesses should treat all their customers fairly.
The Equality Act 2010 protects people from discrimination in wider society. The Office for Equalities and Opportunities has published guidance on GOV.UK to help businesses in specific sectors to comply with their obligations under the Act.
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how her Department measures NHS trusts in respect of long term chronic and long term fluctuating chronic conditions and how this is reported.
Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
National Health Service trusts are not assessed through a single measure specifically for long-term chronic or fluctuating conditions. NHS England oversees trusts through the NHS Oversight Framework 2026/27, which focuses on high-level system accountability, financial overrides, and operational metrics rather than granular clinical guidelines. However, the framework directly impacts the management of long-term fluctuating, and chronic conditions through the systems it monitors.
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that technology platforms, link-in-bio intermediaries and payment providers do not profit from AI-generated content that sexualises and misappropriates the work and likeness of identifiable performers without consent.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
Performers should be able to work and exist online without their work being exploited without consent. The UK has established copyright and performers rights to protect creatives work, and
we have banned the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, and have criminalised AI models which are designed to create this content, so-called ‘nudification apps’.
The government has introduced new requirements on platforms and search services to remove non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours of a valid report and ensured that senior managers can be held criminally liable for non-compliance. We have also taken powers to bring currently unregulated chatbots within scope of the Online Safety Act’s illegal content duties.
In Protecting What Matters, the government’s social cohesion strategy, DCMS committed to developing options for reducing the inadvertent monetisation of harmful online content. We have engaged with platforms, the ad industry, and civil society on this issue.
We know this is an area of concern to many creatives and are considering whether further action is needed, including through a consultation on digital replicas and a taskforce on labelling AI-generated content - both of which will launch by the end of the year.
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the increase in fuel prices on the cost of goods.
Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
In May, the Government announced there will be no rise in Fuel Duty this year. This means the temporary 5 pence per litre (ppl) cut will be extended until the end of the year, providing certainty to motorists.
The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events, and does not routinely comment on proposals.
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help support small and medium sized hauliers with the rising cost of fuel.
Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
In May, the Government announced there will be no rise in Fuel Duty this year. This means the temporary 5 pence per litre (ppl) cut will be extended until the end of the year, providing certainty to motorists.
The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events, and does not routinely comment on proposals.
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to undertake a review of the regulation, oversight, funding and advertising practices of Crisis Pregnancy Centres operating outside the NHS.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is required to register providers who carry out regulated activities as set down in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. Counselling of the kind typically provided by crisis pregnancy centres is not a regulated activity, and there are no plans at present to bring such services within the remit of the CQC.
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the medical accuracy and clinical governance of information provided by Crisis Pregnancy Centres.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is required to register providers who carry out regulated activities as set down in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. Counselling of the kind typically provided by crisis pregnancy centres is not a regulated activity, and there are no plans at present to bring such services within the remit of the CQC.
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether it remains his Department's policy to introduce binding regulatory requirements on companies developing the most powerful AI models, and what requirements he is considering introducing.
Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)
The government is ensuring that the UK is ready for both the challenges and opportunities that AI will bring. We have taken important steps to ensure that many AI systems are already regulated at the point of use by our existing expert regulators. This is both through sector-specific regulations such as medicines regulation, and cross-cutting legal safeguards including data protection, competition, product safety, and equalities laws. The safety of the British public is a non-negotiable priority. Where new protections are needed, we will act, legislating wherever necessary.
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) AI-generated personas on social media platforms that present idealised and sexualised physical appearances while performing stolen material on users, particularly young people and men and (b) such personas on expectations placed on and potential harms to real performers, particularly women; what routes to redress are available to grassroots creatives whose work has been reproduced without permission by such accounts to build audiences, generate revenue and direct users to adult subscription services; and whether she plans to introduce measures requiring platforms and the operators of such accounts to (i) compensate and (ii) restore reach to creators affected by such reproduction.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
The Government supports UK creators and believes they should be paid fairly for their work. Where material is used without permission, existing copyright and passing off laws may apply, and creators are therefore encouraged to seek independent legal advice. In addition, since March 2025, the Online Safety Act (OSA) requires platforms to introduce proactive measures to protect users from user-generated fraud. The OSA lists fraud as a priority offence and regulates AI-generated media in the same way as ‘real’ content.
We know this is an area of concern to many creatives and are considering whether further action is needed, including through a consultation on digital replicas and a taskforce on labelling AI-generated content - both of which will launch by the end of the year.
Asked by: Samantha Niblett (Labour - South Derbyshire)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to protect UK creative talent, particularly comedians, from the unauthorised reproduction of their work by AI-generated accounts on social media platforms; what discussions she has had with social media platforms on the removal of such content; what guidance her Department provides to creators seeking its removal; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandatory labelling of AI-generated accounts and content.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
The Government supports UK creators and believes they should be paid fairly for their work. Where material is used without permission, existing copyright and passing off laws may apply, and creators are therefore encouraged to seek independent legal advice. In addition, since March 2025, the Online Safety Act (OSA) requires platforms to introduce proactive measures to protect users from user-generated fraud. The OSA lists fraud as a priority offence and regulates AI-generated media in the same way as ‘real’ content.
We know this is an area of concern to many creatives and are considering whether further action is needed, including through a consultation on digital replicas and a taskforce on labelling AI-generated content - both of which will launch by the end of the year.