Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure intellectual property remains protected from artificial intelligence training models, particularly regarding scriptwriting.

Copying protected material in the UK will infringe copyright unless it is licensed, or an exception to copyright applies.

The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024.

The consultation sought views on how to give rights holders of creative works, including script writers involved in theatre, radio, film and television production, greater control over use of their material, and greater transparency about when their material is used to train AI models, while supporting the development of world-leading AI models in the UK.

The consultation closed on 25 February.