Guido hears that the Cabinet Office will be using artificial intelligence to draft answers to official questions tabled by MPs and Lords from next week. When recess ends on 1st June…
Parliamentary questions are tabled by MPs and answered by ministers twenty days later or so. They are basically an expedited and public FOI service for parliamentarians…
According to leaked plans, policy teams of civil servants are set to receive the original tabled question along with an initial AI draft. Guido understands AI systems will have access to departmental briefing papers, Hansard, and answers to previous PQs. Across-the-board access…
This draft will then be processed by response teams, redrafted by a human if necessary, then approved and sent for ministerial confirmation. A government source said: “The answers will only be as good as the source material.” Speeding up government…
Parliamentary Questions are a vital resource for opposition and MPs of all stripes to seek information and official statements on all aspects of government. The Tories have used them to great effect under this government so far despite reporting having a difficult time filing some questions with the Commons table office. Now parliamentarians will be getting replies from bots…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”