Question follow-through · 17644
Food: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on regulating the use of AI in the context of food bios
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on regulating the use of AI in the context of food bios
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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11 Dec 2024
Answer published
AI is a general-purpose technology, with a wide array of applications. The vast majority of AI systems should be regulated at the point of use, and the UK's existing expert regulators are best placed to do this.The Department for Science, Innovation and T...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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