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Tim Clement-Jones

Liberal Democrat life peer in the UK House of Lords; former chair of its AI Select Committee and advocate for AI regulation.

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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Tim Clement-Jones, edited remarks on the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill second reading, 14 July 2026.

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Require large datacenters to install kill switches for AI containment

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AI Verified Clement-Jones supports last-resort authority to shut down data centres or AI systems during catastrophic AI emergencies, directly relevant to containment kill switches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 19d ago

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AI Verified Clement-Jones supports last-resort authority to shut down data centres or AI systems in catastrophic AI emergencies; recorded answer for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 19d ago

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AI Verified Tim Clement-Jones’s site contains the exact last-resort data-centre/AI shutdown statement in his remarks. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 19d ago

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