United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 25982
Payments: Artificial Intelligence
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Introduced
1 September 2026
Last action
4 September 2026 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
Bob Blackman
Subjects
Artificial intelligence
Source updated
4 September 2026
Summary
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.
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Timeline
1 September 2026
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
4 September 2026
Answer
Payments are a fundamental component of a thriving financial sector, and the Government wants the UK to be at the forefront of the safe development of agentic payments. The Government’s National Payments Vision is for a trusted, world-leading payments eco...
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- Bob Blackman · Conservative · Commons
- · Treasury · Answering body
- Lucy Rigby · Labour · Answering member
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-09-01/25982
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1936747
- uk · wq-1936747 · source updated 4 September 2026