Minister of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence)

The Rt Hon Kanishka Narayan MP

Biography

Kanishka Narayan was appointed Minister of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence) jointly in the Cabinet Office and the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade on 20 July 2026.

He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from 7 September 2025 to 20 July 2026. He was elected as the MP for Vale of Glamorgan in July 2024.

Minister of State (Minister for Artificial Intelligence)

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