questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of increases in employment costs on businesses’ decisions on whether to substitute labour with (a) automation and (b) AI.
answerText: The fiscal inheritance demanded tough choices in order to fix our public services, to create long-term growth and investment that supports businesses.Through our plan for small and medium sized businesses we have sought to protect and enable SMEs to prosp...
heading: Artificial Intelligence and Automation: Employment