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Labour and Co-operative MP for Leeds Central and Headingley; proposer of the 2026 "kill switch" amendment (NC12) to the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
Given the importance of data centres, and the speed of development of AI systems, should the Secretary of State not hold last-resort powers to hit the kill switch—the big red button—to direct a shutdown of data centres or AI systems deployed at significant scale, in the event of an AI security or operational emergency?
AI Verified (Jun 16, 2026)
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UK Parliament Hansard, Commons Chamber debate on the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, June 16, 2026.
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Require large datacenters to install kill switches for AI containment
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AI Verified The quote is directly about last-resort shutdown powers for data centres and AI systems, so it is clearly relevant to the kill-switch statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Sobel explicitly argues for last-resort powers to shut down data centres or AI systems in an emergency, which is for the kill-switch statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Hansard (Commons, June 16, 2026) records Alex Sobel urging last-resort powers to shut down data centres or AI systems in an AI security or operational emergency. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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