Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Labour Peer
Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026 – Baroness Lloyd of Effra.
Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements (Amendment) Regulations 2026 – Baroness Lloyd of Effra.
My hon Friend the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection (Kate Dearden MP) has today made the below statement, a correction to a statement made on 13 April. The addition of the the following The consultation will run for six weeks, closing on 20 May. The government has set the country on the path of national renewal, building a Britain for all on the firm foundations of...
I thank the noble Baroness for her contribution to the commission and its report. A resilient domestic battery sector is essential to the future of our automotive industry, our energy security and our transition to net zero. The Government have demonstrated our commitment to support the UK’s battery and electric vehicle sectors in the modern industrial strategy, including the UK’s record...
As the noble Baroness highlights, the UK understands the need for gigafactories. We have two gigafactories committed to delivering a combined 55 gigawatts of capacity by 2030. We largely agree with the thrust of the recommendations in the report. On the specific question of attracting another major OEM, led by my noble friend Lord Stockwood, the Minister for Investment, the Office for...
We are supporting the performance and efficacy of the ZEV mandate in the transition to additional electric vehicles on the roads and in line with our net-zero commitments. We are supporting that through a range of measures to support people to transition to zero-emission vehicles and to support the expansion of charging infrastructure. On the question of road pricing, let me follow up with...
We have set out in our Clean Power 2030 Action Plan a road to energy security, and to the clean power the country needs, to provide clean energy for the future as well as securing our energy independence. We have seen the importance of that in recent months. We have also taken steps to cut energy costs for industry, particularly in areas of the industrial strategy that are especially...
Government is managing the economic consequences of the conflict across the whole of the UK. The UK’s economic fundamentals remain strong. The supply of inputs and commodities remains stable and generally well diversified. Impacts on input cost increases are uncertain. They are likely to vary across industry sectors and businesses depending on which inputs are used, their importance in the...
Government recognises the criticality of chemicals, given that the sector underpins almost all other manufacturing. The chemicals sector was identified as a key foundational industry within our modern Industrial Strategy which will implement targeted policy interventions to drive long-term sustainable, inclusive and secure growth. Government regularly engages with industry to monitor vital...
It is vital that any serious disclosures to the Growing Up in the Online World consultation are treated with care. The provider of the children's survey has trained staff which routinely screen responses for safeguarding risks, including references to abuse, harm, or immediate danger. Where the provider of the children’s consultation receives an identifiable response from a child at risk of...
In a fast-evolving situation, Government is closely monitoring the potential impact of disruption to trade and supply chains on the UK economy and AI infrastructure. The UK is working closely with international partners to develop a viable plan to safeguard international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The Foreign Secretary issued an updated statement on this situation on April 8th. A...
The Government recognises that increased adoption of AI in financial services, including banking, has the potential to change the nature of some roles while supporting productivity growth, innovation and improved consumer outcomes. Financial services is already a leading adopter of AI in the UK and will play a key role in delivering the Government’s ambition to have the fastest AI adoption...
Children aged 8-14 spend 3 minutes a day on Facebook, 4 minutes on Instagram, 15 minutes on TikTok, and 45 minutes on Snapchat. This is an average of all children across the UK, based on Ofcom data. Ofcom also indicates adults average 40 minutes a day on Facebook, 16 minutes on Instagram, 16 minutes on TikTok, and 6 minutes on Snapchat. This is an average across all UK adults.
Dame Angela McLean drew on expertise from inside and outside government to gather advice on how best to pilot policy options relating to young people’s use of social media. Following standard procedure for a meeting of this kind, the names of the attendees will be published in due course by the Government Office for Science. This may be after the government responds to the consultation.
DSIT sought academic advice in designing the pilot study. The Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Dame Angela McLean, convened a roundtable of senior academics, alongside Chief Scientific Advisers from FCDO, DfE and College of Policing. This advice included consideration of sample size. The pilots, by design, form a social research, qualitative study which is thorough, but not...
