Policy Threads

29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the proposed (1) governance, (2) ownership, and (3) operating model, for the Creative Content Exchange (CCE); and whether the CCE will be struc

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the proposed (1) governance, (2) ownership, and (3) operating model, for the Creative Content Exchange (CCE); and whether the CCE will be structured to be commercially independent of AI developers …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked

To ask His Majesty's Government who will be responsible for setting the terms on which creative content is made available in the Creative Content Exchange (CCE); and how they intend to ensure that ind

To ask His Majesty's Government who will be responsible for setting the terms on which creative content is made available in the Creative Content Exchange (CCE); and how they intend to ensure that independent creators and smaller creative businesses, as …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that planning policy, energy provision and digital infrastructure are sufficient to support the building of AI data centres.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increasing use of AI tools in skilled trades and service industries; and, if so, how that assessment informs their policies on wor

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increasing use of AI tools in skilled trades and service industries; and, if so, how that assessment informs their policies on workforce training and productivity.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the voluntary measures agreed by the Creator Remuneration Working Group in July 2025 deliver impr

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to ensure that the voluntary measures agreed by the Creator Remuneration Working Group in July 2025 deliver improved remuneration for (a) session musicians and …

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to simplify the UK's unregistered design framework, in light of the post-Brexit coexistence of the UK Unregistered Design Right and the EU Suppleme

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to simplify the UK's unregistered design framework, in light of the post-Brexit coexistence of the UK Unregistered Design Right and the EU Supplementary Unregistered Design Right.

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce mandatory transparency requirements on AI developers regarding training data that are independent of text and data mining exceptions; i

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce mandatory transparency requirements on AI developers regarding training data that are independent of text and data mining exceptions; if so, what legislative procedure they plan to use; and

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the introduction of requirements for developers of generative AI systems available in the UK to publish information about training

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the introduction of requirements for developers of generative AI systems available in the UK to publish information about training data sources.

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the publication on 18 March of Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: Impact Assessment that does not establish a preferred op

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the publication on 18 March of Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: Impact Assessment that does not establish a preferred option fully discharges their obligations under section 1

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: Impact Report, published on 18 March, what measures they plan to introduce, including low-cost dispute resolution,

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: Impact Report, published on 18 March, what measures they plan to introduce, including low-cost dispute resolution, collective enforcement or regulatory remedies, to ensur

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether existing UK copyright law can be effectively applied to the use of copyright works in AI training in the absence of mandatory

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether existing UK copyright law can be effectively applied to the use of copyright works in AI training in the absence of mandatory transparency obligations.

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: Impact Assessment, published on 18 March, what plans they have to collect further evidence before reaching a policy

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to Copyright and Artificial Intelligence: Impact Assessment, published on 18 March, what plans they have to collect further evidence before reaching a policy decision on the preferred option for the use of copyri

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the increasing use of AI tools in the creation and distribution of digital content for intellectual property frame

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the increasing use of AI tools in the creation and distribution of digital content for intellectual property frameworks and the UK's creative industries; and what steps

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the Intellectual Property Office’s design registration fee structure to lower the cost for individual designers and small businesses fili

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the Intellectual Property Office’s design registration fee structure to lower the cost for individual designers and small businesses filing single-design applications; and what assessment they

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28 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government whether, as a condition of receiving public funding or access to public compute through the Sovereign AI Fund, AI companies are required to demonstrate lawful access to

To ask His Majesty's Government whether, as a condition of receiving public funding or access to public compute through the Sovereign AI Fund, AI companies are required to demonstrate lawful access to copyrighted works used in the training or development

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of large-scale AI data centre developments on regional economic growth.

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the abuse of the UK design register by traders registering invalid old designs to maliciously block competitors on online marketpl

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the abuse of the UK design register by traders registering invalid old designs to maliciously block competitors on online marketplaces; and what consideration they have given to reintro

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what binding contractual terms, conditions of use, monitoring arrangements or audit mechanisms apply to access to the AI Research Resource supercomputer network, to ens

To ask His Majesty's Government what binding contractual terms, conditions of use, monitoring arrangements or audit mechanisms apply to access to the AI Research Resource supercomputer network, to ensure that public compute is not used for the training or

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish details of any public data sets made accessible to technology firms with which the Government has signed partn

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish details of any public data sets made accessible to technology firms with which the Government has signed partnership agreements or Memoranda of Understanding in rela

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of support programmes available to small and medium-sized enterprises for AI adoption; and what steps they are taking to im

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of support programmes available to small and medium-sized enterprises for AI adoption; and what steps they are taking to improve productivity, innovation and regional economic de

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Sovereign AI fund will invest in companies that train AI models on copyrighted work without a license.

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24 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Science, Innovation and Technology linked

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of data security risks associated with the adoption of artificial intelligence systems by small and medium-sized enterprises in the hospi

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of data security risks associated with the adoption of artificial intelligence systems by small and medium-sized enterprises in the hospitality sector; and what guidance they have issued about

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