Universities: Freedom of Expression

(asked on 16th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to protect freedom of speech and promote diverse debate within universities.


Answered by
Michelle Donelan Portrait
Michelle Donelan
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
This question was answered on 24th March 2020

This government has committed to strengthen free speech and academic freedom and ensure our universities are places where debate can thrive. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has made it clear that if required he will look at changing the underpinning legal framework. We have made it clear that if universities do not uphold free speech, the government will.

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