"I, too, thank the noble Baroness, Lady Falkner, for giving us an opportunity to discuss this important issue. I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union. In the past six years, in its caseload, the Free Speech Union has taken on 167 cases in which a …..." Lord Young of Acton - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare an interest as the director of the Free Speech Union.
The noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, said earlier that he was looking forward to my remarks, seemingly under the impression that the Free Speech Union would be within scope of the new regulations in the …..." Lord Young of Acton - View Speech
"My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, on arranging this debate. I declare an interest as the author, eight years ago, of a Centre for Policy Studies paper on technical education.
"To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they will consider giving the Office for Students power to investigate serious allegations of academic misconduct where a university has declined to commission an independent inquiry...." Lord Young of Acton - View Speech
"In begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare an interest as the director of the Free Speech Union...." Lord Young of Acton - View Speech
"I am grateful for that reply. Does the Minister accept that the Jason Arday case, where serious allegations of academic misconduct were initially dismissed by Cambridge as a “vile smear”, with an investigation launched only after months of damaging public scrutiny, illustrates why the Office for Students needs this power? …..." Lord Young of Acton - View Speech
"My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, for bringing forward this debate and to Freedom in the Arts for having produced this excellent and timely report. I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union and will try and put …..." Lord Young of Acton - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union.
One of the key findings of this excellent report is summarised as follows:
“Public confidence in the judiciary is vital for trust in the fair administration of justice. This requires that judges make decisions independently of …..." Lord Young of Acton - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interest as the director of the Free Speech Union. I welcome this report, which contains many sensible suggestions.
Gavin Stephens, the chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, announced a review last month of guidance contained in the NPCC and College of Policing’s race action …..." Lord Young of Acton - View Speech
"My Lords, the Green Paper does not simply propose that the prominence regime be confined to public service media, including public broadcasters; it suggests that it should also be extended to news publishers. Therefore, if some news publishers are going to be included in the prominence regime and given various …..." Lord Young of Acton - View Speech