Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he received from industry representatives on the Artificial Intelligence sector deal.

The Artificial Intelligence sector deal builds on the review by Professor Dame Wendy Hall and Jérôme Pesenti - Growing the Artificial Intelligence Industry in the UK - which involved an extensive range of business leaders, academics and research councils. Contributing companies are thanked in the review’s acknowledgment.

Likewise, the Industrial Strategy White Paper, which Government published on 27 November, draws on the comments and preferences of nearly 2000 companies and individuals, as well as the input generated by the meetings, workshops and roundtables that we held with industry and businesses.

The Data-Driven Economy Grand Challenge and Sector Deal will establish an enduring partnership between industry, academia and the government through the UK Data and Artificial Intelligence Council, where all partners will work together to promote the safe, fair application of this technology.