My proposed legislation – the AI (Regulation) Bill – has been designed to create the right environment for the UK’s future AI economy by focusing on ethical AI. Right sized regulation is essential for embedding the ethical principles and practical steps that will ensure AI development flourishes in a way that benefits us all – …
AI Bill – UK Leadership on AI Regulation
The UK has an opportunity to be world leading in AI, with a focus on ethical AI for the common good and benefit of humanity. The government’s current approach, light touch regulation in an effort not to dampen innovation, is well intentioned but wrong. Right sized regulation will support, not stifle, innovation and is essential …
Automated Vehicles Bill
The Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] is a government bill announced in the Kings Speech (2023) and introduced in the House of Lords at the beginning of the 2023–24 parliamentary session. During Committee Stage in the House of Lords I tabled several amendments regarding accessibility, interoperability and public engagement. The government says it will “deliver one of the world’s …
Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill (AI Bill) Introduced
It was a privilege to introduce my Private Member’s Bill on artificial intelligence (AI) into the House of Lords this month. In the Bill I have tried to incorporate much of what I believe we need to sort, in short order, when it comes to AI. Every King’s Speech offers members of both Houses of Parliament the …
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10 Years in the House of Lords – why technology and inclusion are the golden threads
Exactly 10 years ago today, on 30th October 2013, I was sworn in to the House of Lords as a life peer. As I said in my maiden speech “it’s incredible for someone from my background to have arrived in your Lordships house” and I feel more than a slight sense of disbelief when I …
Bank Closures
On Friday (29 September 2023) Barclays closed three more of it’s branches in Redditch, Bude and Hanover Square London. They are not alone. In recent weeks, HSBC, Lloyds and Halifax have also pulled down the shutters for the last time on branches across the country. Since 2015 nearly 5000 branches have closed and more than …
The Electronic Trade Documents Act Comes into Force
The Electronic Trade Documents Act comes into force today, 20th September 2023. I have repeatedly described it as one of the most important laws you’ve never heard of because, although it is a small sounding law with a simple purpose – to permit electronic trade documents on the same legal basis as paper documents – …
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Long duration energy storage: we need to be in power
Currently, when the wind wont blow and the sun wont shine – and we’ve not been able to store any of that carbon free energy – we have a massive problem. It is for this reason that the House of Lords Science and Technology committee, on which I am honoured to serve, has just launched …
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Assistive Technology: Support for Special Educational Needs
I was delighted to speak in a special House of Lords debate on what assessment His Majesty’s Government has made of the use of assistive technology to support those with special educational needs (SEN). This is a hugely important topic and one very close to my heart. As I said during the debate: I have …
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