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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...