Question follow-through · 105940
Artificial Intelligence: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty of care for children’s safety on Gen AI companies to ensure they are held accountable for the safety
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory duty of care for children’s safety on Gen AI companies to ensure they are held accountable for the safety
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jan 2026
Answer published
In the UK, AI systems are regulated at the point of use under existing frameworks such as data protection law, competition law, equality law, and other forms of sectoral and cross-sectoral regulation.Generative AI services that allow users to share conten...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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