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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 June 2025

Debate

Employment Rights Bill

Contribution

We are always having debates about the AI revolution. I am not a total Luddite, but I will be honest that I am occasionally a bit nervous about some of the potential implications of unregulated AI. However, there is enormous potential here. HMRC, as I nod to in my amendment, already has access to payroll information. With appropriate statutory gateways, it would not take much, working with software developers, to be able to do initial spot checks on payroll to look at potential inequalities. It is certainly not as simple as that but there is more that could be done, in particular at this moment with AI’s potential for examining and analysing payroll databases.

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