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Written Question
Arts: Artificial Intelligence
Friday 2nd May 2025

Asked by: Anneliese Midgley (Labour - Knowsley)

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) artists and (b) creators retain control over the use of their (i) voice, (ii) style and (iii) likeness by generative artificial intelligence.

Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Government published a consultation on 17 December 2024, seeking views on several topics relating to the interaction between copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). Given the rise of AI-generated ‘digital replicas’, the consultation sought views on whether the UK’s existing legal framework provides individuals with sufficient control over their voice and appearance.

The consultation closed on 25 February 2025. The Government’s priority now is to review all responses to the consultation. The Government will set out its position in due course.

Written Question
Artificial Intelligence: Copyright
Friday 2nd May 2025

Asked by: Anneliese Midgley (Labour - Knowsley)

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of large artificial intelligence language models that are trained on datasets containing copyrighted material without licensing agreements.

Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Copying protected material in the UK will infringe copyright unless it is licensed, or an exception to copyright applies.

The Government recently consulted on several topics relating to the interaction between copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), including seeking evidence on the use of copyright material in AI model development and transparency on this.

This consultation closed on 25th February.

The Government’s priority now is to review all responses to the consultation, to help inform its next steps. The Government will continue to engage extensively on this issue and its proposals will be set out in due course.

Division Vote (Commons)
30 Apr 2025 - Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill - View Vote Context
Anneliese Midgley (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 210 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 214 Noes - 3
Division Vote (Commons)
30 Apr 2025 - Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill - View Vote Context
Anneliese Midgley (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 211 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 226
Division Vote (Commons)
30 Apr 2025 - Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill - View Vote Context
Anneliese Midgley (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 208 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 222
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Apr 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
Anneliese Midgley (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 232 Labour No votes vs 11 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 85 Noes - 238
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Apr 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
Anneliese Midgley (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 248 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 95 Noes - 257
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Apr 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
Anneliese Midgley (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 248 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 101 Noes - 258
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Apr 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
Anneliese Midgley (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 248 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 73 Noes - 255
Division Vote (Commons)
28 Apr 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Anneliese Midgley (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 273 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 74 Noes - 337