America's financial markets are the envy of the world because they scale and adapt to meet investor demands. Like our markets, the CFTC's and SEC's regulatory frameworks must also evolve and modernize to accommodate the needs of our market participants.
Closer cooperation between regulators and increased funding are needed for the UK to deal effectively with the human rights harms associated with the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. On 4 February 2026, the Joint Committee on Human Rights met to discuss whether the UK's regulators have the resources, expertise and powers to ensure that human rights are protected from new and emerging harms caused by AI. While there are at least 13 regulators in the UK with remits relating to AI, there is no single regulator dedicated to regulating AI.
"I've met a lot of MPs over the years," Walker said. "Very few understand how a business actually runs. There's still a mindset in parts of government that treats profit like a dirty word, when profit is precisely what allows businesses to invest, employ people and pay tax."