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Victoria Collins Excerpts
Thursday 12th November 2026

(1 day, 9 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephanie Peacock Portrait Stephanie Peacock
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My hon. Friend is a huge advocate for his constituency. I have to stay neutral, but I am absolutely delighted to be visiting his area tomorrow as part of the shortlist process for the city of culture.

Victoria Collins Portrait Victoria Collins (Harpenden and Berkhamsted) (LD)
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The AI teddy bear that said unprompted, “I can’t help with killing you”, shows that online harms are extending to software within toys. Will the Government consider the Lib Dem approach of having a framework of harm that can look online and at the software in products with these developing technologies?

Lisa Nandy Portrait Lisa Nandy
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We are taking a far more comprehensive approach to this issue for the reasons that the hon. Member rightly describes. Safety by design is one of the key principles on which we are basing our approach.