Speeches by Niblett.

“The broad question is for both of you, but I will come to you first, Dr Mann. What would be your priority research area for women’s reproductive health?”

“It feels like a massive, huge thing to unpick and your expertise has kind of blown my mind, so thank you again. I want to come back to what you said about using period tracking tools. That has caused some fear, particularly when we have seen what has happened in America with Roe v. Wade and people being concerned about…”

“A slightly extended question on this: when it comes to coming up with innovative products for use by the NHS, you have the greatest expertise in the NHS. You have your clinicians and experts who could be encouraged to be entrepreneurial about this. I know that there has been some resistance and some encouragement, depe…”

“3. What steps she is taking to help end discrimination against disabled people.”

“I want to draw the Minister’s attention to the fact that almost one in five people in my constituency are classed as disabled, and after 14 years of a Conservative Government who slashed public services, there are still far too many people in South Derbyshire who report that their daily activities are significantly lim…”

“That leads me to an extension to that question. It is incredibly broad, but I would be fascinated by both of your responses. Actually, let me go back a step. I will ask the question separately because it is so broad. I feel like I am asking a rhetorical question here, frankly, with the answer to the first question bein…”

“13. What steps she is taking to improve support for carers.”

“I have spoken to many people in my constituency of South Derbyshire who are taking on caring responsibilities for loved ones. I know how hard that is and I am so grateful for the job they do, but it is often a thankless task. I am glad that the Government have taken action to support people in our communities who take …”

“Generative AI is a topic of conversation for so many reasons, but one example that probably hit everybody’s radar earlier this year was deepfake pornographic images of Taylor Swift, which were created with a Microsoft tool. A question for you both: to what extent is it possible for your companies to prevent your genera…”

“The phrase, “We go further” is interesting, because I have heard several times, “We go further than if it was illegal already.” It feels like we do not, because you have just said, “If it was illegal, we would remove it rather than downrank it.””

“I have a little additional questioning about the hashing so that I understand it correctly. It is a prevention tool, so somebody has to proactively be at threat of their image going online, and then they go on and create this hash? I am assuming they have already engaged with your organisation and are already feeling a…”

“I am just a little confused about the reason to not do the partnership. Everything you are describing is after the fact, so the information is already out there. Forgive me if I have misunderstood, but the hash is about if there is a threat of a photo; you put a hash against that particular image. When you say it is th…”

“Slightly moving on but staying in and around the same topic, I know your Microsoft report was talking about some of the extra steps Government need to take, particularly when it comes to resourcing police. We have touched on some things that you think would be good from Government, but just to summarise—I will come to …”

“One thing I have had brought to my attention is that the top three results for “deepfake porn” on Microsoft Bing are deepfake porn websites. So, if you put in “deepfake porn”, it brings up deepfake porn websites, despite their content being against Microsoft policy. Google has downranked them; why has Microsoft not?”

“What actions are you taking to prevent the promotion of tools for creating deepfake stuff? As you have mentioned, the search engines are a set of curtains to the world. I appreciate that you can pay for optimisation tools or sponsored prominence on the search result, but how can you stop products being presented that s…”

“T4. I know that the Minister shares the delight that many of us felt when it was announced that researchers from the UK-based AI company Google DeepMind are to share a Nobel prize for their work on protein folding, a technology that will help shape economies of the future. As founder of Labour Women in Tech, I want thi…”