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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 March 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

437: After Clause 213, insert the following new Clause— “Right not to be subject to serious harm and injunctive relief(1) A person (“P”) has a right not to be subject to serious harm as a result of the making available to them, through an AI chatbot, of content of the type described in subsection (2) of section (AI chatbots: content promoting terrorist and national security offences) or subsection (4) of section (AI chatbots: offence).(2) If, on an application by P, a court is satisfied that there has been, or there is a serious and imminent risk of, an infringement of their right under subsection (1), a court may make an order for the purposes of securing compliance with that right, which requires the provider of the AI chatbot in question—(a) to take steps specified in the order, or(b) to refrain from taking steps specified in the order.(3) The order may, in relation to each step, specify the time at which, or the period within which, it must be taken.(4) For the purposes of this section—(a) the provider of an AI chatbot is the entity that has control over which content is published or displayed on or through it;(b) if no entity has control over which content is published or displayed on or through the AI chatbot, but an individual or individuals have control over the same, the provider of the AI chatbot is that individual or those individuals;(c) the provider of an AI chatbot that is generated by a machine is the entity that controls the machine (and that entity alone); and(d) if no entity controls the machine, but an individual or individuals control it, the provider of the AI chatbot is that individual or those individuals.”Member’s explanatory statement This amendment establishes that an individual can appeal to a court for injunctive relief where there is serious and imminent risk of a chatbot causing them serious harm because it is committing an offence under sections (AI chatbots: content promoting terrorist and national security offences) or (AI chatbots: offence). It is part of a set of amendments related to AI chatbot offences in Baroness Kidron's name.

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