Peter John Kyle (born 9 September 1970) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology since July 2024.

[1] After university, Kyle worked as an aid worker and as a project director for the charity Children on the Edge in Eastern Europe and the Balkans helping young people whose lives had been affected by the political instability created by the Bosnian War and Kosovan War, helping to establish an orphanage in Romania.

[11] In December 2015, Kyle voted in favour of the United Kingdom carrying out targeted air strikes against Islamic State in Syria.

[24][25] In March 2019, alongside fellow Labour MP Phil Wilson, Kyle put forward an amendment to Theresa May's Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.

[26] Dubbed the "Kyle-Wilson" amendment, it aimed to pass the Withdrawal Agreement Bill on the condition that the deal on offer would go back to the British people through a confirmatory vote.

[28] Both Kyle and Wilson signalled that they would bring back the amendment if Boris Johnson were to return with a Brexit deal in October 2019.

"[40] He endorsed the publication of the report by the EHRC which concluded that the Labour Party was guilty of breaches of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to antisemitism and apologised to the Jewish community.

On 23 November 2023, he attended and spoke at the March Against Antisemitism in London along with Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis and Conservative MP Robert Jenrick.

[43] In September 2022, he spoke in favour of Labour accepting Brexit and presenting a "positive vision for a better Britain" outside of the European Union.

[46] He has campaigned on the issue of 'sex for rent' and demanded a change to the law for landlords who engage in sexual exploitation of tenants.

[53] In November 2023, Kyle outlined Labour policies to impose stricter regulations on general artificial intelligence research companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic with stronger requirements for reporting, data-sharing, and user safety.

[54] Kyle has also proposed the creation of a 'Regulatory Innovation office', which would expedite important regulatory decisions, the use of 10-year research and development budget settlement, in order to ensure stable long-term private investment, and a new body called 'Skills England', which would bring together "representatives of tertiary education, local and central government with representatives from business leaders and trade unions.

[56] He claimed that this would enable the government to better understand the risks involved in AI and the challenges it could pose to different industries and society in general.

"[58] Following the Labour Party's victory in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, he was appointed to cabinet as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology at the subsequent formation of the Starmer ministry.