Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the expansion of agentic AI tools in UK legal and professional services; and how this is informing policy on (1) innovation, (2) professional standards and (3) ethical AI use.

We remain committed to ensuring the trusted and fair use of AI and to facilitating impactful AI adoption across the UK, so that British workers - including those in legal services - can seize the benefits this technology offers.

To support this, the AI Growth Lab will act as a cross‑economy AI sandbox, enabling responsible AI products and services to be deployed under close supervision in live markets. This will drive cross‑economy growth, build trust in new technologies, and create a mechanism for dynamic, evidence‑led regulatory reform.

Alongside this, the Roadmap to Trusted Third‑Party AI Assurance sets out the Government’s ambitions for the UK’s AI assurance market and the immediate actions we are taking to help the sector mature. This includes establishing the £11 million AI Assurance Innovation Fund and convening a national consortium of expert stakeholders to support the quality and growth of the assurance market.

In addition, the Government has established the cross‑government AI and Future of Work Unit to monitor how advanced AI tools are reshaping professional work, ensure innovation is supported responsibly, and coordinate policy so that workers and businesses can adopt these technologies safely and effectively.