Asked by: Will Forster (Liberal Democrat - Woking)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect creative industries from inappropriate use of AI.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
This government values human creativity and believes that people should be paid fairly for the work they do. We will establish a new taskforce to put forward proposals for government on best practice on labelling, exploring how it could help inform people’s choices on whether content has been made using AI. We will also set up a consultation into digital replicas. This will seek views on how to address harms where someone’s likeness is replicated without their permission.
Asked by: Will Forster (Liberal Democrat - Woking)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure older people and self-funding care home residents receive timely information on their statutory rights under the Care Act 2014.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
On 29 July, as set out in the link below, the Prime Minister set out his objectives to reform the social care system, and brought forward the timetable for Baroness Casey’s commission to inform that reform programme:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-sets-out-new-path-to-fix-social-care-together-29-july-2026
All aspects of the current system will be reviewed as part of that process, and we will continue to update Parliament on a regular basis.
Asked by: Will Forster (Liberal Democrat - Woking)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with which countries their Department plans to pursue new free trade agreements with.
Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The UK Trade Strategy, published in June 2025, outlines the Government's priorities for the future of the Free Trade Agreement programme. Most recently, the Government has announced the negotiation of a Digital Trade Agreement with Malaysia. The Government has also launched a public consultation to inform the next phase of deepening the United Kingdom’s trade relationship with four global partners, including through their potential accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Indonesia, the Philippines, United Arab Emirates and Uruguay. Where decisions are formally taken to seek further Free Trade Agreements, they will be communicated to the House in the usual way.
Asked by: Will Forster (Liberal Democrat - Woking)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of not knowing the medical history of patients who have been adopted on those people.
Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The government recognises the importance of ensuring that clinicians can take account of the impact of adoption where relevant.
Alongside the government’s apology on 2 July 2026 for historic forced adoption practices in England, the government committed to work with NHS England to explore how patients who wish to do so can have their experience of adoption appropriately recorded in their health record. This, alongside practical tools and guidance to support improved understanding of adoption-related needs, will support clinicians to take this into account in relation to care, family history, and wider support needs. This includes improving how clinicians respond where family medical history is unknown, including through clearer guidance on screening referrals and the use of genetic services where appropriate.
Asked by: Will Forster (Liberal Democrat - Woking)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Ukrainian-qualified HGV drivers resident in the UK who could enter the UK workforce if their driving licence categories, including C, C1 and CE, were recognised for exchange.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport does not hold information about the number of Ukrainian-qualified HGV drivers who are resident in the UK.