Julia Lopez

21 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the extent to which existing UK fibre and mobile connectivity infrastructure is sufficient to support the adoption of AI technologies across different se

21 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Artificial Intelligence and Automation: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of increases in employment costs on businesses’ decisions on whether to substitute labour with (a) automation and (b) AI.

21 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the proportion of funding awarded by the Advanced Research and Invention Agency to non UK based companies; and how such funding is expected to deliver be

21 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the impact of energy prices on the cost and competitiveness of operating AI infrastructure in the UK.

21 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sovereign AI Fund: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what process was followed to appoint Suzanne Ashman as Managing Partner of the UK Sovereign AI Fund.

21 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to question 126666, what recent progress she has made on the establishment and membership of the ministerial-level working group as set out

21 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2026 to Question 128826, when the chips used in the Isambard-AI and Dawn AI Research Resource clusters in (a) July 2024, (b) July 2025 and (c) A

21 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her department plans to publish a response to its call for evidence on the AI Growth Lab scheme.

21 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will (a) provide an overview of the methods used by her department to track and report (i) how many individuals have taken courses and (ii) the number of courses delivered throug

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will provide the most up to date figures for the number of (i) individuals who have taken courses and (ii) courses that have been delivered, through the Government’s AI Skills Hu

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Sovereign AI Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish details of any public data sets made accessible to technology firms with which the Government has signed partnership agreements or Memoranda of Understanding in rela

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the volume of compute capacity was at (i) the Isambard-AI and (ii) Dawn AI Research Resource clusters in July 2024, July 2025 and April 2026.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer provided on 26 February 2026 to question 114130, what recent progress she has made on the establishment and membership of the ministerial-level working group.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Patents

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when she expects to publish the outcome to the consultation entitled Standard Essential Patents, published on 15 July 2025.

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of concentrating Government AI partnerships with a small number of large US technology companies on competition and innovation in th

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Service Providers: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to public sector bodies of limited competition in the UK cloud infrastructure market.

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Service Providers: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of technical, contractual and financial switching barriers in the cloud services market on effective competition for UK b

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Service Providers: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of enterprise software licensing practices on the ability of customers to run software across competing cloud platforms on equivalen

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Service Providers: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on the timetable for decisions regarding Strategic Market Status investigations into cloud infrastructu

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Service Providers: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of regulatory intervention in the UK cloud market; and what steps she is taking to help reduce barriers to competition in that m

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what equality impact assessment was carried out before awarding the Nexus AI contract to IBM; and what safeguards are in place to prevent algorithmic bias in those AI tools used in benefits administrati

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what total value of AI-related contracts has been awarded by all Government departments since July 2024; and what proportion has gone to (a) UK-headquartered firms and (b) firms headqua

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many of the AI-related (a) Memorandums of Understanding and (b) service agreements signed by her Department since July 2024 are with UK-headquartered companies; and what steps she i

9 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how she will measure UKRI progress in meeting priority areas and outcomes of the UKRI AI Research and Innovation Strategic Framework; and how Parliament will be updated on this.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's consultation outcome entitled Summary of responses and government response, updated on 12 June 2025, on fairer food labelling, what recent progress h

20 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of potential conflict of interest associated with the former US Ambassador and companies referenced in the investments announced during US stat

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will provide an update on the establishment and membership of a ministerial-level working group as set out in the MOU for the UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will provide an update on the latest formal negotiations with the US on the UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal; and whether a date for further formal negotiation meetings has been set.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterparts on the resumption of negotiations on the UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the resumption of negotiations on the UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal.