EXC: Civil Servants to Use AI in Response to Official Questions From MPs
The Cabinet Office plans to implement artificial intelligence to assist in drafting responses to official questions from MPs and Lords starting next week. This initiative aims to streamline the process of answering parliamentary questions, which are typically addressed twenty days after being submitted. AI will provide initial drafts based on departmental materials, which will then be refined by human teams before final approval.
- ▪The Cabinet Office will use AI to draft answers to parliamentary questions starting next week.
- ▪AI systems will have access to departmental briefing papers and previous answers to enhance the quality of responses.
- ▪The process aims to speed up the government's response to official inquiries from MPs.
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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.
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