Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential constitutional implications of powers to disapply sectoral regulation through the AI Growth Lab; and whether such powers would be subject to the affirmative procedure.

Through the upcoming Regulating for Growth Bill, the Government will create new cross-economy sandbox powers so that businesses can test cutting-edge new products and technologies safely, prove what works and then scale up delivery of these changes more quickly. The new powers will enable the ‘AI Growth Lab’, that would allow responsible innovation and adoption of AI-enabled products and services that our current regulation hinders. In developing the powers, we are clear that regulatory protections should not be undermined.