Extremism Debate

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Department: Home Office

Extremism

Mel Stride Excerpts
Monday 9th June 2014

(10 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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Yes, we take very seriously what might be happening on university campuses. My right hon. Friend the Minister for Universities and Science has spent a lot of time looking at this issue, and we are constantly working with universities to ensure that action can be taken on their campuses to try to stop the sort of radicalisation and the extremist preachers that have been on some campuses in the past.

Mel Stride Portrait Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con)
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Will my right hon. Friend confirm that, along with central Government funding, local authority funding will be promptly removed from organisations engaged in the promotion of hatred and violence?

Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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The policy that we have put in place makes it clear that public funding, whatever its source, should not be spent on organisations with extremist intent.