Speeches by Collinge.

“Chris, do you have any comments on the cost of electricity and its role in the energy transition?”

“Are there any lessons for the Government from that knowledge about how we talk about this?”

“Our session is all about building support for the energy transition, and I want to talk about the cost of electricity as part of that. From the previous evidence that you have both given to the Committee, I will take it as read that you think making electricity cheaper is important. Evidence from others has talked abou…”

“But do you look at it to see what comes up?”

“Do you look at them, and at what will come up if consumers search for the sorts of things that you provide information and protection about?”

“You raised something interesting there about whether there is an ability to game—to ensure that the large language models pick up information, in the way that there used to be ways to game websites by using key search terms to ensure that they appeared at the top of Google. Sorry—YouTube and TikTok.”

“That is true but, with the greatest respect, let me give you an example. I was looking up to see if I could buy paracetamol in a supermarket in Germany. The large language model summary linked to a website and the summary said, “Yes, you can.” The truth is no, you can’t, and that is not what the link said either, so I …”

“Are there any lessons for the Government from that knowledge about how we talk about this?”

“I want to go back to the idea of where information comes from—the sources. You said that search engines that use large language models are pulling from your sources. How do you know that? How are you testing that? It is quite clear that in other arenas, LLMs, even if they link to a source, do not necessarily accurately…”

“That is very good to hear, Chair. I still am not convinced that the amount of data that is available to us is sufficient.”

“What I am hearing is that when we are talking about an individual instance or an individual complaint, you publish a certain amount of data about it. What we are not seeing is an ability for either us as elected representatives or members of the public to see what the trends are in what people are complaining about and…”

“I can see that there is a range of penalties and that seems perfectly appropriate. How many times has any regulatory enforcement action been taken about climate change or energy in the last year or five years?”

“Absolutely, the Committee understands the need to do that. We have heard that you understand the broad themes of the complaints that you receive as a regulator but Ofcom does not routinely publish an aggregated analysis of complaint trends relating specifically to climate or energy content. In fact, I do not know if yo…”

“We have heard that Ofcom is a post-broadcast regulator and a complaints-led regulator. You have to wait until there have been complaints about broadcast media, and I think we understand that very clearly. Given that there have been complaints about content relating to climate change and energy but there has been very l…”

“Could you explain to the Committee what you do publish? You are saying you are transparent about how you regulate. Can you please tell the Committee what you put in the public domain that is therefore available to analyse?”

“Our session is all about building support for the energy transition, and I want to talk about the cost of electricity as part of that. From the previous evidence that you have both given to the Committee, I will take it as read that you think making electricity cheaper is important. Evidence from others has talked abou…”

“But do you look at it to see what comes up?”

“I have a particular interest in the accountability of public services due to the shocking treatment of some of my constituents by NHS trusts. I was pleased to sit on the Bill Committee, which was on the whole collegiate and comprehensive. I welcome the statement from the Leader of the House that we will be getting the …”

“I rise to speak to clauses 83 to 85 and schedule 13, which respectively outline: an increase in tax on online gaming, such as online slots or casino games; a new rate of general betting duty specifically for online betting, such as placing a bet on a football match; and, removing bingo duty. Online gambling has evolved…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Christopher. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) for securing this important debate on the merits of a statutory duty of care in universities. The pain of losing a loved one to suicide is unquantifiable, and it stretches out further than we …”