Cultural Sector: Freedom of Speech

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock Excerpts

Wednesday 8th January 2025 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Twycross (Lab)]

I would like to think that the art of disagreeing constructively is something we do reasonably well in your Lordships’ House—on most subjects. In relation to sponsorship, it is something we need to consider. People have the right to object to the work that organisations do, but when it is to the extent that people are feeling harassed in the workplace, we have to recognise that, with the right to express and protest comes a responsibility not to harass and intimidate those trying to do their job.

[Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab Co-op)]

My Lords, what action will the Government take regarding mischievous booksellers who have put Boris Johnson’s autobiography in the fiction section?

[Noble Lords]

Oh!