Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for workforce management and employment practices of the increasing use of artificial intelligence agents in the workplace.

AI has the potential to transform the workplace - changing some roles, creating new jobs and replacing others. The new AI Economics Institute will provide rigorous analysis of AI’s impacts on productivity, labour markets and growth to ensure policy is informed by real-world data and employer practice.

Alongside this, the Plan to Make Work Pay is strengthening the employment rights framework and placing worker voice at the heart of the digital transition. This includes a public consultation on workplace monitoring technologies to explore whether further measures are needed to support responsible adoption while enabling businesses to innovate with confidence.