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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-06-07more like thismore than 2016-06-07
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Space Debris more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to promote action to remove space debris. more like this
tabling member constituency Windsor remove filter
tabling member printed
Adam Afriyie more like this
uin 39726 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-06-15more like thismore than 2016-06-15
answer text <p>The United Kingdom, through the UK Space Agency (UKSA), is one of the thirteen members of the Inter-Agency Debris Coordination (IADC) Committee, which considers the risks posed by space debris. Our national experts, along with more than a hundred experts from other agencies including NASA, met at Harwell in March 2016 for the annual IADC meeting to discuss many issues, including the need for the removal of space debris from orbit, and how that could best be accomplished.</p><p>The UK is leading studies in partnership with other national agencies to model the future space environment and identify the most effective ways of mitigating the future hazard of space debris.</p><p>UKSA is working with its international partners in technical forums such as the IADC to develop scientific consensus on the best way to manage the hazard posed by debris, such as how many objects might need to be removed, and from where. UKSA is also working to build political consensus within UN forums such as the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to enable such missions to go ahead with appropriate supervision and support from the international community. This includes developing appropriate regulatory/oversight frameworks within the UK’s Outer Space Act which allow such technologies to be tested and demonstrated safely in the increasingly congested and contested space environment.</p>
answering member constituency Orpington more like this
answering member printed Joseph Johnson remove filter
question first answered
less than 2016-06-15T16:57:40.107Zmore like thismore than 2016-06-15T16:57:40.107Z
answering member
4039
label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone more like this
tabling member
1586
label Biography information for Adam Afriyie more like this
512919
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-04-14more like thismore than 2016-04-14
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Artificial Intelligence more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support research into and development of machine learning. more like this
tabling member constituency Windsor remove filter
tabling member printed
Adam Afriyie more like this
uin 33949 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-04-20more like thismore than 2016-04-20
answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills supports the research and development of machine learning through the Research Councils, for example the current Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council portfolio contains nearly 150 research and training grants involving aspects of artificial intelligence.</p><p>The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Hartree Centre uses high performance computing combined with big data analytics, cognitive computing and visualisation techniques to collaborate with industry and research partners. The latest government investment of £113 million at Hartree in a cognitive and data centric computing centre (announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement) has attracted inward investment from IBM and other hi-tech industry exceeding £200 million.</p><p>Research Councils also support existing machine learning applications, for example the Medical Research Council support programmes which involve the use of machine learning tools for image analysis and in analysing and predicting risk of Serious Adverse Events for hospital patients.</p><p>The Arts and Humanities Research Council also support aspects of research and development on machine learning relating to its importance within the rapidly emerging field of the digital humanities and issues relating to ethical, philosophical, legal and historical perspectives of machine learning and human-computer interactions.</p>
answering member constituency Orpington more like this
answering member printed Joseph Johnson remove filter
question first answered
less than 2016-04-20T14:56:00.113Zmore like thismore than 2016-04-20T14:56:00.113Z
answering member
4039
label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone more like this
tabling member
1586
label Biography information for Adam Afriyie more like this
419069
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-09-16more like thismore than 2015-09-16
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Blockchain more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to the UK economy of blockchain technology. more like this
tabling member constituency Windsor remove filter
tabling member printed
Adam Afriyie more like this
uin 10493 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-10-14more like thismore than 2015-10-14
answer text <p>The Government Office for Science is conducting a review of distributed ledger technology, which encompasses Blockchain technology, to highlight the potential benefits of distributed ledgers to the delivery of public services, and to help government identify and remove roadblocks to their safe and effective use.</p><p>The review is being conducted by a panel of experts drawn from academia, business and government under the direction of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser. Their findings and recommendations will be published in a report this autumn.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Orpington more like this
answering member printed Joseph Johnson remove filter
question first answered
less than 2015-10-14T11:46:58.067Zmore like thismore than 2015-10-14T11:46:58.067Z
answering member
4039
label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone more like this
tabling member
1586
label Biography information for Adam Afriyie more like this