Chris Davies
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(5 years, 4 months ago)
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Nadhim Zahawi)
We have made £60 million available to maintained nursery schools up to 2020 because of the excellent provision that they deliver. My message, and that of the Secretary of State, to local authorities is not to take any decisions until we get to the spending review.
Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire) (Con)
Does my hon. Friend share my concern about a creeping culture of censorship taking hold on some of our university campuses?
The Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (Chris Skidmore)
The Government are deeply committed to protecting freedom of speech in higher education. The Equality and Human Rights Commission and key partners in the higher education sector worked with the previous Universities Minister—to whom I pay tribute as a friend and colleague—to develop a single piece of guidance that will set out key principles. This will enable universities and student unions to understand their obligations to protect and support free speech, which must happen in our universities.