Sir Julian Lewis: I revert to the article in The Times mentioned by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Spelthorne (Lincoln Jopp), headlined: “Rachel Reeves using AI to reply to Treasury emails”.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Caroline Nokes): Order. Even if the right hon. Gentleman is quoting from a newspaper, I would prefer it if he did not use the Chancellor’s name.]

Sir Julian Lewis: I beg your pardon, Madam Deputy Speaker. I did not want to misquote the headline.

Nevertheless – as we now all know who she is – I discover that, instead of corresponding with her civil servants, as I thought, I am engaging with something called a “correspondence triage automation tool”, which is used for

“the automatic matching of correspondence with appropriate standard responses”.

That might give us cause to chuckle, but can we at least have an assurance that when we write to Ministers, even if they are not replying, they will at least be informed of the fact that concerns have been raised by Members of this House?

[The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Peter Kyle): I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that Ministers are fully engaged in corresponding with Members across the House. Having been a Back Bencher for so long in opposition, I can assure you that I strive to be a lot better than what I experienced during so many of those years.

Madam Deputy Speaker: Order. Can I just remind the Secretary of State that we do not use “you” in the Chamber? ... ]