Question follow-through · 9713
Cameras: Wearable Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to introduce regulations on the use of camera-enabled smart glasses, such as Meta Smart Glasses, for filming in public spaces.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to introduce regulations on the use of camera-enabled smart glasses, such as Meta Smart Glasses, for filming in public spaces.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government has no current plans to introduce specific legislation on the use of smart glasses for filming in public spaces because there are already criminal offences in place to deal with harmful conduct. Individuals who record other people in public...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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