the House of Commons Commission

[Written Question] Written Questions: Artificial Intelligence

Question by: Kevin Hollinrake Answering Body: House of Commons Commission Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House of Commons Table Office uses AI to (a) review or (b) card written Parliamentary Questions.

[Written Question] Written Questions

Question by: Kevin Hollinrake Answering Body: House of Commons Commission Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120969 on Written Questions, if the Commission will publish a copy of the Table Office’s internal

[Written Question] Political Parties: Cryptocurrencies

Question by: Kevin Hollinrake Answering Body: House of Commons Commission Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether (a) guidance and (b) advice has been given to hon. Members on how to report and record political donations made to them in crypto-currencies.

Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?

Age verification for social media – the beginning of the end for a free internet? So-called age verification for social media is spreading across the world, framed as an effort to create a safer internet for children. In reality, age verification lays the foundation for a fully government controlled internet.

MP staffer’s account sent almost 2,000 phishing emails after suspected hack

LONDON — Nearly 2,000 people were targeted with a phishing email after the suspected hack of a staffer of senior Labour MP Florence Eshalomi. The email contained a malicious file — identified by the Parliamentary Digital Service as a phishing attack — that tried to secure the credentials of other accounts, according to an email seen by POLITICO, which was sent by Eshalomi to those targeted in the days following last week’s breach. Westminster journalists and public affairs...

Brits want new AI labelling laws as Nigel Farage deepfake sparks scam warning

Brits want new AI labelling laws as Nigel Farage deepfake sparks scam warning EXCLUSIVE: New polling shows three quarters of Brits want compulsory labeling for AI-generated images on social media as fears grow that hyper-realistic clips are misleading users Three quarters of Brits want mandatory labelling of AI images to stop people being deceived, new research shows. Ministers face calls to bring in the legal requirement as a first step to tackling the AI "slopocalypse” on social media.

The EU’s migration pact takes full effect: are countries ready to deliver?

Co-legislators agreed on “return hubs” on 1 June, preparing to rollout the Migration and Asylum Pact of 12 June. Stricter border controls, uniform asylum rules, and a new digital monitoring system will crack down on illegal migration. But are member states ready for the new rules?

UK media fails to disclose defence sector links in nearly 60% of cases

Executive summary This report reveals how retired senior British military figures are frequently presented in the UK media as purely independent experts on defence and security matters without mention of their personal commercial and employment interests in the defence, technology, intelligence, and security sectors in those reports. By analysing media reports between 2015 and May 2026, AOAV identified a repeated pattern where almost 60% of former key military personnel with links to the...

Burnham backlash: UK Digital ID plans in peril if Manchester mayor succeeds Starmer

Never Call Retreat

We tend to think we have one national anthem, but to me, we have always seemed to have two. The first is the official one, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The second is “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”