Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence
Lords · Question HL59 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Attorney General · Official record
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hermer on 27 April (HL16377), whether the artificial intelligence tool developed by the Cabinet Office and No.10 to identify disproportionate reporting and consultation duties was pilo
Answer
Answered by Lord Hermer, 1 Jun 2026
The AI tool was developed to identify reporting and consultation duties in the statute book. The tool does not indicate whether the duties are useful, or unnecessary. It was tested on a small data set across the statute book. The dataset included legislat...