Oral QuestionDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

“What recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of frontier AI on society.”

Tabled: 27 August 2026Answered: 3 September 2026

Asked by

Shockat Adam

Independent — Leicester South

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Lisa Nandy)

I point the hon. Gentleman to the recent report from the AI Safety Institute in December, which showed that AI’s role in social interaction, online harms, cyber-security and the workplace is increasing. We are taking the risks of AI as seriously as we take the opportunities, working closely with colleagues in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and the Cabinet Office. We are clear as a Government that companies cannot be allowed to mark their own homework.