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Westminster Hall

8 July 2026

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Contributions from frontbench and backbench MPs set out the case for stronger UK AI regulation and oversight, focusing on sovereignty, labour impacts, data infrastructure, public‑sector deployment and the balance between innovation and safety, before the Minister outlines the government’s regulate‑at‑use approach and responses on jobs, harms and AI governance architecture.

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Westminster Hall AI debate — opening and parliamentary exchanges

15:31

Opening, motion and ethical basis for AI regulation

15:31

Opening and pro-worker AI policy agenda

15:31

Chair’s opening and pro-worker AI framing

15:31

Public distrust, big tech power and national security

18:05

Youth employment risks and labour-market policy proposals

20:08

AI taxation, sovereignty and community benefit

23:51

Chair’s guidance and Hayes on AI harms

28:44

Chair’s guidance and Sir John Hayes’ opening warning

28:44

Hayes — big tech power, children’s exposure and tougher controls

33:23

Hayes — AI in public services and ethical regulation

35:48

Public service uses of AI and call for proportionate regulation

35:48

Hayes’ ethical framing — innovation vs what is true

38:50

Cross‑government oversight, labour impacts and societal risks

41:04

Dodds — departmental oversight, public services, education and AI taxation

41:04

Dodds — AI sovereignty, public services and youth employment

41:04

Dodds — SEND guidance, education policy and AI taxation

44:51

Hinds — AI societal risks, power and child protection

47:41

Hinds — uncertainty, labour markets and power concentration

47:41

AI power concentration, UBI debate and fraud risks

51:17

Parliamentary architecture for AI oversight

54:30

Children, education policy and AI in exams

54:41

Chatbots, Ofcom/ICO limits and precautionary principle

56:59

Labour frontbench and backbench — UK AI sovereignty, safety and data infrastructure

57:52

Darlington — UK AI sovereignty, procurement and standards

57:52

Darlington — AI sovereignty, Palantir and public trust

57:52

Darlington — British AI stack, compute and standards

01:01:32

Backbench MPs — AI safety, data wealth and data centres

01:04:10

Chair’s time limits and Mohamed’s AI safety regime

01:04:10

Data as national asset and AI wealth fund

01:08:28

Platform accountability, AI content and data centres

01:10:45

Local AI data centre, US export controls and UK sovereignty

01:12:55

Liberal Democrat frontbench and Conservative backbench — AI regulation, innovation and labour costs

01:15:58

Liberal Democrat frontbench — AI regulation, innovation and digital sovereignty

01:15:58

Lib Dem frontbench — innovation, startups and AI safety regime

01:15:58

Digital sovereignty, people strategy and right-sized AI models

01:20:16

Conservative backbench — AI, employment costs and anti‑protectionist stance

01:25:13

Spencer — AI, employment and opposition to levies

01:25:13

Spencer — resilience over sovereignty and questions to Minister

01:31:02

AI policy — ministerial framing and labour impacts

01:33:33

Minister — AI strategic framing, sovereignty unit and public sector standards

01:33:33

Minister — AI societal framing and Sovereign AI Unit

01:33:33

Hayes — call for AI‑specific laws; Minister’s regulate‑at‑use stance

01:37:33

Minister — public sector AI standards and assurance

01:38:21

AI debate — labour market impacts and closing

01:39:40

Minister — labour‑market exposure, NEETs and AI & Future of Work Unit

01:39:40

Minister — workforce support and tackling AI harms

01:41:47

Mover’s closing — urgency, oversight and fair AI transition

01:44:25

Rural bus services — West Dorset case and ministerial response

01:45:27

West Dorset rural bus services debate

01:45:27

Westminster Hall — opening of West Dorset bus debate

01:45:27

Chair — procedural shift to West Dorset bus debate

01:45:27

Morello — importance of buses and rural funding model

01:46:21

Rural cost pressures, seasonal tourism and funding disparities

01:49:14

Young people, access to opportunity and ‘total place’ transport

01:53:11

Morello — community transport, DRT and rural pilots

01:55:47

Ministerial response on rural buses and closure of debate

01:59:06

Minister — Bus Services Act 2025 and rural funding formula

01:59:06

Minister — franchising, DRT, £2 fare cap and integration

02:03:11

Electric bus depots, local powers and closure of West Dorset debate

02:06:55

Westminster Hall debate on National Youth Strategy

02:15:26

Opening of debate — case for National Youth Strategy

02:15:26

Opening and case for a robust National Youth Strategy

02:15:26

Chair opens National Youth Strategy debate

02:15:26

Enrichment programmes, NEET risks and funding asks

02:18:48

Statutory duty on youth services and workforce capacity

02:21:21

Youth voice in strategy delivery and Chair’s time limits

02:24:29

Youth funding, statutory duties and local powers

02:26:30

Robbie Moore — primary PE funding and tourism tax

02:26:30

APPG chair — statutory duty and Youth Services Bill

02:29:31

National Youth Strategy — programmes, local gaps and funding

02:32:25

Youth development programmes, trusted adults and local hubs

02:32:25

Jim Shannon — Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and inclusion

02:32:25

Josh Dean — trusted adults and Young Futures hubs

02:35:25

Chris Vince — Duke of Edinburgh, young carers and Harlow hub

02:38:07

Local MPs — impact of cuts and need for statutory youth services

02:40:54

Rachael Maskell — integrating youth, NEET and justice services

02:40:54

Brackenridge — austerity cuts and local youth provision

02:43:57

Jim Dickson — Dartford youth priorities and Youth Guarantee

02:47:39

Lauren Sullivan — digital isolation and statutory youth duty

02:50:17

Opposition frontbenches — enrichment, DofE access and funding critique

02:53:36

Lib Dem frontbench — value of enrichment and funding pressures

02:53:36

Lib Dem frontbench — DofE in schools and 80‑hour enrichment ask

02:56:48

Shadow Minister — critique of youth funding cuts and NI rise

02:59:12

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Westminster Hall

8 July 2026

Westminster Hall Wed, 8 Jul 2026 Actual start 14:15 House of Commons

15:28 - 15:28

Nigel Duncan.

15:31 - 15:41

Speaker 1

Though it is a rather glorious day today, so if people would like to remove their jackets, please feel free to do so. Neil Duncan-Jordan.

15:41 - 16:50

Speaker 2

Thank you, Ms McVey, and it's a pleasure to serve with you in the chair today. Now, I think we'll all agree that AI is a transformational technology that has the potential to bring many benefits to our society. But in order to fully realise these, we will require the government to look at radical changes to taxation, to welfare, and our industrial strategy.

Everyone in the UK needs to benefit from a managed AI transition that puts workers and human dignity at its heart. It must make the world fairer, not more unequal, and it should give UK citizens a meaningful say in decisions that will affect their lives. Now, evidence from the new Connected Pro-Worker AI campaign organisation reveals that the public is deeply suspicious about AI. Around six in ten people expect the gains to flow to wealthy investors and big corporations. Just 7% think they will be shared fairly across our society.

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