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1717477

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Social Media: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps under the powers available to her as set out in Schedule 11(1)(b) of the Online Safety Act to bring forward legislative proposals setting category 1 threshold conditions in relation to small forums that share (a) antisemitic hatred and (b) suicide methods.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	25823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is considering in detail the advice that Ofcom has provided. The Secretary of State will make regulations as soon as reasonably practicable, in line with Schedule 11 of the Act.</p><p>More broadly, all user-to-user services in scope of the Online Safety Act – including online forums of any size – will be required to comply with the illegal safety duties and take steps to remove illegal content. The strongest protections in the Act are for children and where these services are likely to be accessed by children, they must also protect children from a wider range of harmful content. Targeted duties on search services, to minimise illegal search results, will also reduce traffic to websites, including online forums, that host illegal material.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti grouped question UIN 25824 question first answered 21/05/2024 11:44:41 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1717478

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Social Media: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make it her policy to regulate small forums that share (a) antisemitic hatred and (b) instructional content on methods of suicide to the fullest extent possible under the powers available to her in the Online Safety Act 2023; and what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on that matter of Ofcom's advice of 29 February 2024 on the use of powers under that Act.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	25824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is considering in detail the advice that Ofcom has provided. The Secretary of State will make regulations as soon as reasonably practicable, in line with Schedule 11 of the Act.</p><p>More broadly, all user-to-user services in scope of the Online Safety Act – including online forums of any size – will be required to comply with the illegal safety duties and take steps to remove illegal content. The strongest protections in the Act are for children and where these services are likely to be accessed by children, they must also protect children from a wider range of harmful content. Targeted duties on search services, to minimise illegal search results, will also reduce traffic to websites, including online forums, that host illegal material.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti grouped question UIN 25823 question first answered 21/05/2024 11:44:41 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1717493

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Food
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what her Department's policy is on the procurement of (a) food and (b) drinks produced in Britain for use in its canteens and restaurants.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	25740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department is onboarded to the Government Property Agency (GPA). GPA is the landlord or building manager at the Department’s office occupations, where the space is often shared with several other tenant organisations. The Department buys catering services, or a share of, direct from GPA alongside all other building services.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 21/05/2024 11:51:51 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1717539

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	5G: Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will list companies that are prohibited from providing equipment for 5G networks.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	25766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>On 13 October 2022, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport issued a Designation Notice to Huawei and a Designated Vendor Direction to 35 telecom providers. The Direction provides twelve specific restrictions/requirements on telecom providers’ use of Huawei equipment and services up to and including the removal of Huawei from 5G networks by the end of 2027.</p><p> </p><p>This is the first time the Government has issued a direction and currently no other directions have been issued.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 21/05/2024 11:54:15 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1717563

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's press release entitled AI Safety Institute releases new AI safety evaluations platform, published on 10 May 2024, what steps she is taking to encourage the integration of the Inspect platform in AI development projects in (a) healthcare, (b) transportation and (c) other sectors.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	25899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The AI Safety Institute has responsibility for developing and conducting evaluations on advanced AI systems, including assessing potentially harmful capabilities. As part of this, AISI has released an open-source evaluations platform called Inspect. Inspect is designed to help AI safety researchers build more standardised and reproduceable safety evaluations. Whilst Inspect will not support the development of new AI products and services directly, by open-sourcing the platform we are making it easier to test the safety of new advanced AI systems.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 21/05/2024 14:13:48 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1717564

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to monitor the potential impact of the Inspect platform on global AI safety standards.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	25900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Inspect platform has the potential to unlock more seamless collaboration between AI safety researchers across the world by improving the standardisation and repeatability of safety evaluations. The AI Safety Institute will monitor the uptake of Inspect by drawing on usage data from GitHub, where the toolkit is available for anyone to access, and will continue to engage with AI safety researchers and developers to continue to improve the model. The upcoming AI Seoul Summit will be a valuable forum to deepen AISI’s global collaboration efforts on AI Safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 21/05/2024 14:02:47 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1717565

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	AI Safety Institute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with which (a) people and (b) organisations the AI Safety Institute (i) consulted and (ii) collaborated in developing the Inspect toolset; and whether international AI safety bodies were (A) consulted and (B) involved in collaboration.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	25901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The AI Safety Institute is the first state-backed organisation focused on advancing AI safety for the public interest. Safety evaluations for frontier AI systems are often built in non-standardised formats, making it difficult for other organisations to reproduce and verify them. Inspect was developed by AI Safety Institute technical staff in response to this problem. Since making Inspect open-source, technical staff have briefed major AI labs, safety research organisations, academics and government experts on its potential use cases. This should enable closer collaboration across the AI Safety research ecosystem.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Saqib Bhatti question first answered 21/05/2024 14:04:18 answering member 4818 label Biography information for Saqib Bhatti
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1717585

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2024 to Question 21525 on Telecommunications: Infrastructure, when she plans to meet with fixed-line operators to discuss concerns.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	25733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I<strong> </strong>met fixed-line operators on 18 April to discuss the concerns around the deployment of telegraph poles, and to seek commitments from industry. I was reassured by operators that they do not wish to undermine the public confidence in the Government's programme of infrastructure rollout and that they will consider how to improve their working practices around pole placement. I am positive that revisions to the Code of Practice can be delivered by industry, and I will meet with them again in June to understand what progress has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/05/2024 08:17:12 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1717655

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Disease Control: Innovation and Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what funding UKRI provides to support research and innovation related to pandemic preparedness.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	25844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to question 25489.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 21/05/2024 11:33:42 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1717656

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Horizon Europe: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to increase awareness of Horizon Europe funding routes for UK manufacturers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	25845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided to Question 25490.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 21/05/2024 11:31:47 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah