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Westminster Hall
Easter and Christian Culture - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) The job specification elaborates that the role will cover unconscious bias and diversity training. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Employment Equality (Insurance etc) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 02 Feb 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Natalie Elphicke (Con - Dover) 14 allows active discrimination under the law, and so opens the door to other forms of indirect and unconscious - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 16 Nov 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) the nature of AI systems is such that, when they are trained on creative works, both conscious and unconscious - Speech Link
2: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) Gentleman’s point about algorithmic bias is a serious one; it is being studied by the Centre for Data - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Metropolitan Police: Stephen Lawrence Murder Investigation - Wed 12 Jul 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) There are similarities in terms of professional curiosity and not being interested in following leads, unconscious - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Ethnic Minority and Migrant Victims of Violence Against Women and Girls - Wed 05 Jul 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dines (CON - Derbyshire Dales) training includes substantial coverage of police ethics, including the effects of personal conscious and unconscious - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Personal Statement - Fri 03 Mar 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Neil Coyle (IND - Bermondsey and Old Southwark) suspended to reflect on self-improvement, and I have already undergone some training, including on tackling unconscious - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Public Order Bill
Report stage - Tue 07 Feb 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bishops - Bishops) They become especially prone to the unconscious bias that we might try to shake off but all to some extent - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
OFCOM (Duty regarding Prevention of Serious Self-harm and Suicide) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 03 Feb 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (CB - Life peer) that the accidental removal of content that is not harmful can happen for several reasons, including bias - Speech Link
2: Lord Balfe (CON - Life peer) Analysis afterwards showed quite clearly that the people who were inputting the information had a bias - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Standards: Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules - Mon 12 Dec 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (CON - South Northamptonshire) Sometimes people laugh and say, “I don’t need to do unconscious bias training.” - Speech Link
2: None take decisions impartially, fairly and on merit, using the best evidence and without discrimination or bias - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Report stage - Wed 07 Dec 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) people I know who work in psychology and who argued against this were promptly recommended to go on an unconscious - Speech Link
2: None should therefore make some attempt to redress that alleged bias. - Speech Link
3: None They are not concerned with sociology, which many would say has a structural left-wing bias, at least - Speech Link
4: Lord Moylan (CON - Life peer) So, in defending free speech, there is a natural bias—the tension, if you like, that was at the heart - Speech Link