A report from the Communications and Digital Committee has claimed that current systems are not rigorous or accountable enough to address regulatory gaps and overlaps.
The report advises the government to take a more “joined-up” approach alongside regulators and Parliament so that emerging challenges such as artificial intelligence advances can be dealt with in a timelier manner.
Furthermore, a new Digital Regulation Co-operation Forum (DRCF) is “a small step” but a lack of overarching coordination and oversight of regulatory objectives remains, the committee added.
It said it was concerned that the DRCF lacked robust systems to coordinate objectives and to sort out potential conflicts between different regulators as the workload expands.
“More measures are needed to boost the DRCF’s long-term effectiveness and accountability,” the committee claimed while recommending that an independent chair of be appointed to lead the body and resolve conflicts between...