The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) in STEM aims to promote the inclusion and progression of people from diverse backgrounds in STEM, and to encourage government, parliamentarians, academics, businesses and other stakeholders to work towards a STEM sector that is representative of the population. We also want to consider and influence changes in policy that will lead to this outcome.
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Evidence session – Monday 18 May 2026
The first event of the APPG on Diversity and Inclusion in STEM’s new project on AI equity took place on Monday 18 May 2026 in the Macmillan Room in Portcullis House.
Hosted by the APPG Chair, Samantha Niblett MP, this session focused on how current AI development processes failed to anticipate gendered harm, what the potential causes of these failures were, and how these causes could be addressed through new or existing policy or legislative levers.
Samantha opened the meeting by welcoming attendees and explaining that earlier this year the APPG has launched a new project on AI equity in STEM which will be a series of deep dives that explore the current failures and opportunities of AI, and how a lack of diversity within the technology sector poses risk, safety, and quality concerns.
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin and Sadik Al-Hassan MP joined Samantha on the evidence panel and began the session by asking a series of questions about what we know about gendered harms online and what work is currently happening to address their impact. In the first part of the session, we heard from:
The second part of the session focused on the processes and mechanisms for change. Speaking about the failures of the current AI development processes, who’s responsible for them, and the need for change were:
Based on this session, the APPG will publish a short report in summer 2026.
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