Universities: Free Speech

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle Excerpts
Tuesday 1st April 2025

(5 days, 17 hours ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark Portrait Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)
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We will take the noble Lord, Lord Alton.

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Baroness Smith of Malvern Portrait Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)
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It is wholly wrong if those events are not able to take place on our campuses or if there is interference in the very important research that our universities are taking part in. That is primarily the responsibility of the higher education institutions themselves, but I am absolutely clear that that is an important part of what should be happening in our universities.