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Communications and Digital Committee

Lords Select Committee

The Communications and Digital Committee considers the media, digital and the creative industries

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3 current inquiries

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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Scaling up - AI and creative tech
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 16 October 2024
Opened 4 September 2024
The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology
Opened 17 January 2024
Large language models
Report:
Published
On 2 February 2024
Govt. response:
Published
On 23 May 2024
Opened 7 July 2023

Non-inquiry work

Regular evidence sessions
Some committees take evidence from certain officeholders or organisations on a regular basis outside the structure of an inquiry.
Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.

Latest news

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Communications and Digital Committee seeks specialist adviser
The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee seeks specialist adviser to work on its Scaling-up: AI and creative technology inquiry.
11 September 2024
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Inquiry launched into scaling up AI and creative tech
Communications and Digital Committee launches inquiry into scaling up AI and creative tech.
4 September 2024
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House of Lords committees following dissolution
Following the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024, all select committees have ceased to exist.
30 May 2024

Upcoming events

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Tuesday 15 October 2024
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology - Oral evidence 15 October 2024
2:30pm
  • Stephanie Peacock MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth) at Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
  • The Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
  • Robert Specterman-Green (Director, Media and International at Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
  • Sam Cannicott (Deputy Director for AI Capability at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
To be confirmed
7-11 October 2024
11:00am
Visit 7-11 October 2024
San Francisco, USA

Latest publications

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Declarations of interest for the Future of news: impartiality, trust and technology inquiry
Inquiry The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology
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Declarations of interest
Letter from Paul Philip, Chief Executive Officer, Solicitors Regulation Authority to Rt Hon Baroness Stowell of Beeston, Chair of the Communications and Digital Committee, dated 23 May 2024
Work Lawfare and free speech (Regular evidence sessions), and The future of news: impartiality, trust and technology (Inquiry)
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Correspondence
1st Report - Large language models and generative AI
Inquiry Large language models
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Report
Response to this report
Response to the Chair from Michelle Donelan MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, dated 16 May 2024
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Correspondence
Response to this report
Government response to the Committee's report 'Large language models and generative AI'
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Government Response

Contact us

  • Email: holcommunications@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8662 (committee staff) | 020 7219 8535 (Press Officer)
  • Address: Communications and Digital Committee, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW