Question follow-through · 8133
YouTube: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 18 May 2025 to Question UIN 745 , whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department met with (i) Alphabet and (ii) its subsidiaries before the exclusio
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 18 May 2025 to Question UIN 745 , whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department met with (i) Alphabet and (ii) its subsidiaries before the exclusio
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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17 Jun 2026
Answer published
Ministers and officials regularly meet with representatives of tech platforms; however no discussions were had with platforms - including Alphabet or its subsidiaries – on this topic prior to the announcement of the design of the pilots and the services i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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