Speeches by Swallow.

“As a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, I thank the Secretary of State for appearing in front of our Committee on two occasions—he has truly embraced scrutiny. The JCHR is currently carrying out legislative scrutiny of the Bill, and the remarks I offer tonight are informed by the evidence that we have recei…”

“My hon. Friend is making a powerful point. A conflict is sometimes presented between our understandable concerns about animal welfare and good science, but, as she set out, there is no such conflict. The really heartbreaking, frustrating thing is that many of the ongoing experiments that cause animals to suffer are far…”

“I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for bringing this debate to the House tonight. I have been asked to come along on behalf of my constituent, James Nichols, who lost a dear friend in just that age group to SUDEP and has been a tireless campaigner on the issue ever since. He explained to me that the really tragic thin…”

“At the start of his speech, my hon. Friend mentioned the involvement of AI in this. That issue was raised with me by the Thames Valley police roads team, which said it is now quite possible for uninsured drivers to use AI to generate a fake insurance document at the roadside, and in that way to prevent the police from …”

“The hon. Lady is setting out an extraordinary situation. I want to draw her attention to another real challenge facing drivers: collisions with people who are not insured. Uninsured drivers cost the economy £1 billion a year, and they are disproportionately likely to be involved in collisions, speeding and hit-and-run …”

“1. What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for clean energy projects in Wales.”

“The war in Iran has put in stark relief the importance of clean energy to the UK. From Bracknell to Bangor, we have all seen the effects on our bills. Will the Secretary of State update the House on the role that clean energy is playing in Wales and its importance to the future of Wales?”

“That is helpful to know. The Government’s consultation has asked respondents whether personalised algorithms—algorithms that are designed to target content, in this case, specifically at young users—should be age restricted. Would you support that move?”

“To be clear, because I do not want to go down this track again, I am not talking about content that violates; I am talking about content that falls well within your guidelines but nevertheless curates a negative experience for young people.”

“So, if someone puts a negative emoji reaction on a piece of content, that is scored against it in terms of engagement?”

“Rebecca, how does the Facebook algorithm rate an “angry” reaction or a “laughing” reaction compared with a “like” reaction in the way that it then feeds into the algorithm that curates?”

“Do you make money out of having a personalised algorithm?”

“Rebecca, I am going to stop you there. I am a Labour MP and, broadly speaking, on the centre left of politics. Whenever I go to my Facebook feed, all I am served, endlessly, is far-right content. That is not designed for me—it is designed to get my engagement, but it is not designed for me. Obviously, that is the exper…”

“Again, I note that you are not putting a specific number on it.”

“Just on that point, according to Childline, if I block someone on Instagram, they can still find my profile. Therefore, the advice is that I change my username. Is that the case? If so, why is the advice that the victim should change something about the way they are responding on your platform?”

“The way that Instagram, TikTok and Facebook work is that users upload content. We have talked a lot about that content today. There are various ways to use apps but, broadly speaking, other users are then fed that content through their “For you” page, or the Instagram or Facebook feeds. What those users are fed is driv…”

“And when bullying is detected, either automatically or because it is reported by the victim, what is the typical response time, and what feedback do they receive?”

“Obviously, we are talking about the bullying of children. I am a Member of Parliament, and as you can imagine I sometimes have people on social media say very unkind things about me. That is of course their democratic right. There are things that take place on social media that are deeply unpleasant but are not illegal…”

“We are very short on time, so I will very briefly come to you, Ali, on TikTok.”

“Okay, so it is not accurate enough. Mr Law?”