Question follow-through · 2775
Conditions of Employment: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps is he taking to ensure that employment protections are adequate for the future, in the context of the potential for AI to replace some job roles.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 28 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps is he taking to ensure that employment protections are adequate for the future, in the context of the potential for AI to replace some job roles.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
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28 May 2026
Answer published
DBT is working with DSIT and the AI Economics Institute to monitor impacts on jobs and skills. This will ensure we can respond quickly, alongside investment in training and lifelong learning, to help people adapt and prepare for future jobs.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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