Autonomous Weapons
(asked on 16th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of the possible guiding principles set out in the final report of the 2018 Group of Governmental Experts on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons.
Answered by
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Her Majesty's Government welcomes the Chair's summary of possible guiding principles in the field of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). These principles mark a move towards international consensus on the key considerations in the LAWS debate, and will provide a useful basis for further discussions as the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) continues its work next year.