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Topical Questions

In a Commons session on business, science and trade, Labour MP Liam Byrne, a Select Committee chair, asks whether the government will table amendments for statutory AI protections in the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill. Minister Kanishka Narayan offers to work with MPs on AI security ideas.

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What it means for you

MPs are asking whether a cyber security bill already before Parliament could carry legal AI safeguards, not only voluntary ones.

For lawmakers

The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is named as a possible vehicle for statutory AI protections at Report stage; the minister did not promise amendments.

For researchers

The question relies on the AI Security Institute as the existing UK capability and says it is no longer enough on its own.

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“On Tuesday, the head of MI5 warned that AI could help terrorists to develop bioweapons. In the Select Committee, OpenAI and Anthropic told us that statutory AI safety controls are now essential.”
Liam Byrne, Chair of the Select CommitteeLiam Byrne (Labour), asking a topical question; Byrne's account of the head of MI5 and of the companies' evidence to the committee is not verified here.
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“I want to work with parliamentarians across the House, including him and members of his Committee, on ideas for the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill, looking in particular at AI security protections.”
Kanishka Narayan, Minister for Artificial IntelligenceMinister Kanishka Narayan (Labour) replies without confirming government amendments.
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The record

Questions
Who can demand evidence, delay a release or stop an unsafe deployment? · Are AI companies putting stronger safeguards into practice?
People
Liam Byrne (Speaks, Chair of the Select Committee) · Kanishka Narayan (Speaks, Minister for Artificial Intelligence)
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The Radar, run of October 16, 2026, via uk-house-of-commons-hansard (tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record)
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UK House of Commons, “Topical Questions”, October 15, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/uk-commons-2026-10-15-topical-questions-ai-safety-bill
Our notesOnly two of the 60 speeches concern AI; the rest is unrelated. The claims about MI5 and the companies' testimony are Byrne's and are not checked against the committee record. Hansard text saved the day it was last updated and may be corrected.