Victoria Collins on AI will create more jobs than it destro…

Victoria Collins

UK Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Harpenden and Berkhamsted.

AI can drive inequalities, break down our society, security and safety, and take away jobs, or it can be used to tackle our biggest problems, empower individuals and drive growth.

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Victoria Collins, speech in the UK House of Commons debate “Societal Impact of AI: Government Policy,” 8 July 2026.

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AI will create more jobs than it destroys

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AI Verified Collins directly contrasts AI job loss with beneficial growth; the balanced framing supports an abstaining stance on net jobs. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models

We are also saying that social media companies, where a lot of AI-enabled fraud starts, should be financially liable for it.

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Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority

Where the CSIRT receives notification of an incident under regulation 11, 11A, 12A or 14E which it considers to materially involve autonomous or adaptive systems based on machine learning, the CSIRT must share relevant technical information with the ...

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