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27 records where Bob Blackman is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years

Question· Written questionUIN 25982answered

Payments: Artificial Intelligence

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 September 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the legal framework for payments initiated by autonomous software agents.

Question· Written questionUIN 25983answered

Payments: Artificial Intelligence

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 September 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to recognise autonomous software agents as a distinct class of payment initiator as part of the review of payments legislation.

Question· Written questionUIN 25984answered

Payments: Artificial Intelligence

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 September 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to establish liability and consumer redress arrangements for transactions initiated by an autonomous software agent acting outside the scope of its mandate.

Question· Written questionUIN 25985answered

Payments: Artificial Intelligence

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 September 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Payments Vision Delivery Committee has considered agent-initiated payments; and when he expects the Committee to report on that work.

Question· Written questionUIN 25986answered

Payments: Artificial Intelligence

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 September 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to establish a testing environment for agent-initiated payments covering both card and tokenised settlement.

Question· Written questionUIN 25987answered

Payments: Artificial Intelligence

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 September 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with international counterparts on standards for agent-initiated payments, including through the G20 cross-border payments roadmap.

Question· Written questionUIN 25988answered

Payments: Artificial Intelligence

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 September 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of agent-initiated payments on the volume of low-value, high-frequency transactions and on the capacity of UK payment systems to process them.

Question· Written questionUIN 19952answered

Peatlands: Nature Conservation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent funding cuts to the Nature for Climate Fund on the UK's ability to meet its carbon budgets and meet the target to restore

Question· Written questionUIN 19953answered

Peatlands: Nature Conservation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 August 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will provide long-term funding certainty for upland peatland restoration beyond the expiry of the Nature for Climate Fund in March 2027.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 2510open

Violence in Bangladesh

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2025

That this House condemns the recent violence in Bangladesh and urges the Government to ensure free, fair and inclusive elections are called in which all political parties should be allowed to compete; and notes that those who are guilty should be prosecuted under fair trial and ensuring minorities' rights should be protected.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)Bill 3976open

Equitable Life Policyholders (Compensation) Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 May 2025

A Bill to make provision about the paying out of compensation under the Equitable Life (Payments) Act 2010 for persons adversely affected by maladministration in the regulation before December 2001 of the Equitable Life Assurance Society; and for connected purposes.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)Bill 3801open

Homelessness Prevention Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 October 2024

A Bill to make provision about the duties of public bodies to prevent homelessness.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)Bill 3592enacted

Zoological Society of London (Leases) Act 2024

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2023

A Bill to amend the Crown Estate Act 1961 to increase the maximum term of the lease that may be granted to the Zoological Society of London in respect of land in Regent’s Park.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)Bill 3427open

Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2023

A Bill to amend the Crown Estate Act 1961 to increase the maximum term of the lease that may be granted to the Zoological Society of London in respect of land in Regent’s Park; and for connected purposes.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)Bill 3365open

Sale of Tobacco (Licensing) Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2022

A Bill to make provision about the sale by retail of tobacco and related goods; and for connected purposes.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 3195enacted

Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 June 2022

A Bill to make provision about the regulation of supported exempt accommodation; to make provision about local authority oversight of, and enforcement powers relating to, the provision of supported exempt accommodation; and for connected purposes.

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 757open

Azerbaijan and Armenia relations

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2021

That this House calls on the Government to encourage both Azerbaijan and Armenia to work together to build a strong, stable and peaceful region; further calls on both sides to honour the full implementation of the trilateral agreement of 10 November 2020; raises concern of the number of humanitarian issues such as the exchange of accurate mining maps, sharing of information about the whereabouts of close to 4,000 Azerbaijanis who went missing during the hostilities in 1990s, the re-opening of regional transportation and communication routes; and expresses support for the British companies that are involved in the reconstruction of the liberated lands in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)Bill 2889open

Cigarette Stick Health Warnings Bill [HL]

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 June 2021

A Bill to require tobacco manufacturers to print health warnings on individual cigarette sticks and cigarette rolling papers

Motion· Early Day MotionEDM 1305open

Holocaust Memorial Day 2021

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 December 2020

That this House notes that on 27 January 2021 the UK will observe Holocaust Memorial Day marking the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where an estimated 1.1 million people were murdered; commemorates the six million victims of the Holocaust; further notes that the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2021 is Be the Light in the Darkness; pays tribute to the commitment of Holocaust survivors and Kindertransport refugees who share their experiences with young people across the country; acknowledges the importance of the Holocaust Educational Trust's work in schools across the UK and in particular the Lessons from Auschwitz project, which has so far given more than 40,000 students and teachers the opportunity to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau; welcomes the establishment of a permanent National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre adjacent to Parliament; pays tribute to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust for organising the national Holocaust Memorial Day event; and urges all right hon. and hon. Members to observe that day so that the appalling events of the Holocaust are always understood by future generations.

Bill· Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule)Bill 2385open

Tobacco Companies (Transparency) Bill

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 April 2019

A Bill to require tobacco companies to publish sales and marketing data; and for connected purposes.

Law· Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)Bill 1838enacted

Homelessness Reduction Act 2017

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 June 2016

A Bill to make provision about measures for reducing homelessness; and for connected purposes.