Science and technology

Communications and Digital Committee launches inquiry into scaling up AI and creative tech.

We must fundamentally change the way we think about Artificial Intelligence , says Science and Technology Committee

Stronger guidance and controls needed to protect children from screen time, Education Committee finds

Bill completes passage through Parliament. Catch up

The JCNSS is today publishing a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressing a series of concerns regarding the threats and risks to our democracy before, during and after the UK's general election on 4 July.

Members discuss changes on local radio as line by line examination concludes. Catch up

MPs to hold a debate on the impact of smartphones on social media and children

Baroness Stowell of Beeston, Chair of the Communications and Digital Committee, writes to Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology following the publication of the Government’s response to the Committee’s report ‘Large language models and generative AI’.

Members discuss changes on computer records as line by line examination wraps up. Catch up

Lords considers changes on Investigatory Powers Tribunal as bill set for Royal Assent. Catch up

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee launches an inquiry into engineering biology.

Members take chance to 'tidy-up' bill as Lords stages conclude. Catch up

Hear from the Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees of Ludlow, on topics from AI to bioethics, ending manned space flight and why we should focus on climate change instead of trying to live on Mars

Lords European Affairs Committee launch inquiry into data adequacy and its implications for UK-EU relations.

JCNSS will open oral evidence in its inquiry into Defending Democracy to explore evolving threats to UK democracy and how these are being addressed