Oral Question·Ministry of Defence
“What assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations on the use of autonomous weapons systems.”
Tabled: 24 June 2025Answered: 30 June 2025
Asked by
Markus Campbell-Savours
Labour — Penrith and Solway
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Defence
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Luke Pollard)
The strategic defence review sets out that the UK will harness new technology through dynamic networks of crewed, uncrewed and autonomous systems. We will always comply with the relevant regulatory framework and international humanitarian law. I can tell my hon. Friend that IHL compliance is absolutely essential as we look to use more artificial intelligence enabled weapons systems in the future.