Bob Blackman MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Payments: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25988More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of agent-initiated payments on the volume of low-value, high-frequency transactions and on the capacity of UK payment systems to process them.
Answer: Payments are a fundamental component of a thriving financial sector, and the Government wants the UK to be at the forefront of the safe development of agentic payments. The Government’s National Payments Vision is for a trusted, world-leading payments eco...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPayments: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25987More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with international counterparts on standards for agent-initiated payments, including through the G20 cross-border payments roadmap.
Answer: Payments are a fundamental component of a thriving financial sector, and the Government wants the UK to be at the forefront of the safe development of agentic payments. The Government’s National Payments Vision is for a trusted, world-leading payments eco...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPayments: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25986More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to establish a testing environment for agent-initiated payments covering both card and tokenised settlement.
Answer: Payments are a fundamental component of a thriving financial sector, and the Government wants the UK to be at the forefront of the safe development of agentic payments. The Government’s National Payments Vision is for a trusted, world-leading payments eco...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPayments: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25985More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Payments Vision Delivery Committee has considered agent-initiated payments; and when he expects the Committee to report on that work.
Answer: Payments are a fundamental component of a thriving financial sector, and the Government wants the UK to be at the forefront of the safe development of agentic payments. The Government’s National Payments Vision is for a trusted, world-leading payments eco...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPayments: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25984More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to establish liability and consumer redress arrangements for transactions initiated by an autonomous software agent acting outside the scope of its mandate.
Answer: Payments are a fundamental component of a thriving financial sector, and the Government wants the UK to be at the forefront of the safe development of agentic payments. The Government’s National Payments Vision is for a trusted, world-leading payments eco...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPayments: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25983More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to recognise autonomous software agents as a distinct class of payment initiator as part of the review of payments legislation.
Answer: Payments are a fundamental component of a thriving financial sector, and the Government wants the UK to be at the forefront of the safe development of agentic payments. The Government’s National Payments Vision is for a trusted, world-leading payments eco...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPayments: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25982More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the legal framework for payments initiated by autonomous software agents.
Answer: Payments are a fundamental component of a thriving financial sector, and the Government wants the UK to be at the forefront of the safe development of agentic payments. The Government’s National Payments Vision is for a trusted, world-leading payments eco...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling: RegulationTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25981More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the approach taken by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission to event contracts, and of its potential implications for the competitiveness of UK financial m
Answer: As set out by ministers from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in answers to questions on this topic, in order to operate in Great Britain, any prediction market would require a licence from the Gambling Commission, the independent regulator for...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling: RegulationTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25980More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to establish a regulatory framework for prediction markets.
Answer: As set out by ministers from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in answers to questions on this topic, in order to operate in Great Britain, any prediction market would require a licence from the Gambling Commission, the independent regulator for...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling: RegulationTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25979More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on which regulator has responsibility for prediction markets.
Answer: As set out by ministers from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in answers to questions on this topic, in order to operate in Great Britain, any prediction market would require a licence from the Gambling Commission, the independent regulator for...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling: RegulationTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25978More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has asked the Financial Conduct Authority to issue perimeter guidance on event contracts.
Answer: As set out by ministers from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in answers to questions on this topic, in order to operate in Great Britain, any prediction market would require a licence from the Gambling Commission, the independent regulator for...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling: RegulationTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 25977More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the regulatory treatment of prediction markets.
Answer: As set out by ministers from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in answers to questions on this topic, in order to operate in Great Britain, any prediction market would require a licence from the Gambling Commission, the independent regulator for...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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