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Monday 10th September 2018

(6 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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We must always stand up for free speech. We must not allow bureaucracy on campus to stifle free speech, and it is our duty to make sure that it is promoted, because if universities are not about free speech, what are they for?

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What progress has been made in developing guidance with universities to clarify the rules surrounding free speech for students and for the universities?

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New guidance on clarifying all the rules around free speech will be published this autumn.

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