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Lord Clement-Jones

Tim Clement-Jones, Baron Clement-Jones CBE; Liberal Democrat peer; UK House of Lords AI policy expert

Finally, in the face of autonomous AI threats, the Government need an ultimate backstop. We support proposals from ControlAI to introduce strictly constrained last resort powers, allowing the Secretary of State to direct the shutdown of data centres or AI systems in a catastrophic emergency.

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Lord Clement-Jones, UK House of Lords debate on the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, July 14, 2026.

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Require large datacenters to install kill switches for AI containment

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AI Verified The quote explicitly supports last-resort powers to shut down AI systems/data centres in a catastrophic emergency, directly supporting AI containment shutdown mechanisms. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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