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Recommendation 61
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Review Indian ownership transparency laws and prioritise tech partnerships with India.
Recommendation
The UK Government should review recent Indian legislation around transparency of ownership and consider whether any measures therein could be adopted in British legislation. The UK should prioritise big data, AI, biological engineering and tech manufacturing relationships with India. There is an opportunity for the UK to work with India in the joint shaping of global norms and standards for many areas of joint interest, in particular intellectual property, data and biological engineering.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially agrees but then discusses strengthening national security protections related to the CCP, entirely missing the recommendation concerning reviewing Indian legislation and prioritising tech relationships with India.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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The Government agrees with the Committee’s recommendations relating to technology partnerships with India. We are committed to building a partnership with India with activity spanning government, academic and business collaboration across a range of technologies as well as the cross-cutting issue of data. The partnership will advance the UK and India’s shared priorities, including supply chain resilience, the responsible use of AI and will deliver tangible new activities such as a joint research collaboration on future telecoms and closer collaboration on critical minerals. We will also continue to work with India to shape global norms and standards, recognising the impact that these will have on the development of technologies globally, as well as our own science and technology sectors. This includes on data and AI, for example through mechanisms such as the AI Safety Summit and the Global Partnership on AI. Partnerships on advanced manufacturing and bio-engineering are flourishing between key institutions in both countries. For example, the UK’s Centre for Processed Innovations has worked extensively with India’s National Chemical Laboratory on the manufacturing of silver nanowires and will now set up a joint “living lab” environment to develop sustainable medicines manufacturing technologies, which will improve productivity and support decarbonisation.
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