Speeches by Onwurah.

“No, and I do not want you to.”

“I am very glad to hear that you are looking more strategically at collaborating with the European Union on technology capability, particularly around AI. Prime Minister, we both campaigned against Brexit—I remember marching next to you—but I think we also recognise the public anger towards the European Union, which was…”

“Starlink is a US telecoms company owned by a South African American who advocates civil war in the United Kingdom. OneWeb is a European satellite telecoms company, which is part-owned by the UK. Yesterday the Science Minister told my Committee that OneWeb could be used to ensure domestic communications resilience in re…”

“Fresh from the doorsteps of Arthurs Hill, West Denton and Blakelaw, I can confirm that this is an issue of real concern and some fear across Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West, and that there is overwhelming support for the Government’s decision not to join Israel and the US in initiating an un-thought-through war in…”

“I welcome the Government’s decision to remove the mandatory element of digital ID, so that we can all focus on the benefits that easier access to public services should deliver for everyone. Usefulness, security and inclusivity are good principles, and I urge my constituents to take part in the consultation in any way …”

“I certainly agree that we need to be able to defend ourselves against AI attacks.”

“I cannot help but give way to the hon. Member.”

“My fellow member of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee makes a very important point about the definition of sovereignty. I do not want to get too bogged down in the actual definition, but I agree that control matters, and I will say a little more about that. I will raise the definition of digital sovereig…”

“I very much agree with my hon. Friend. He is absolutely right, and that support should take the form of access to investment, but also procurement and procurement decisions, which I will discuss in more detail. The Digital Minister also told the Committee: “There is no single internationally recognised definition of di…”

“It is an important question. I am not in a position to choose our allies, but I agree in principle that we should be working with the European Union. I do not think it should be a choice between the European Union and the US, though they may make that the choice. I certainly think that we should be working with our Eur…”

“I agree with my right hon. Friend that we certainly need to work with like-minded countries. The third area is cyber-security and data governance. Some argue that we are already at war in the cyber-sphere. Last year’s strategic defence review emphasised cyber and electromagnetic domains, and established a new UK cyber …”

“I thank the Minister for setting out his sovereignty stack. Just as an example, is an LLM a critical input or another level in the stack—and does it need to be British?”

“The level of interest shows just what an important issue this is. I will come on to discuss some aspects of collaboration as it relates to sovereignty, but I observe that the last time our sovereignty as a mid-sized power was seriously debated was during Brexit, and the slogan “Take back control” reflected the sense th…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered technology sovereignty. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. We are four years into the Ukraine war and 10 days into the latest Iran-Israel-US conflict. At the start of this year, the US seized the President of Venezuela. A few weeks later, President T…”

“We have gone through the process a few times. I do not think that you are addressing the point about whether more engaging content is more likely to be amplified.”

“I do not want to interrupt you, but you have talked about that already. These things happen very quickly, so does the algorithm make it more likely that engaging content will be amplified before your fact checkers have been able to check their facts?”

“It is a great pleasure to be guesting on this Committee from the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. Yes, Wifredo: you gave evidence to us a year ago, and you will be giving evidence in our updated session on the inquiry into social media and algorithms, on 24 March, I think. I will not go back over it, but m…”

“Yes. It took us some time as well.”

“I will take that as a kind of yes.”

“I just want to understand this perfectly, because one of the issues that came up in our inquiry was that inaccurate information about the attacker in the horrendous Southport murders case was put in the “For You” part of TikTok and thus drove misinformation about who the attacker was. Are you saying that that would not…”