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Artificial Intelligence

Asked by Iqbal MohamedIndependentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102276

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Secretary of State or Ministers in the Department has received representations from AI companies regarding the content or timing of the proposed AI Bill.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

The Government engages with a wide range of stakeholders on its approach to regulating Artificial Intelligence, including AI companies, academics, and civil society groups.

Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published in the quarterly transparency returns.

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