Universities: Freedom of Expression

(asked on 2nd December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to protect freedom of speech on university campuses.


Answered by
Michelle Donelan Portrait
Michelle Donelan
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
This question was answered on 8th December 2021

I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Woking, to the answer I gave on 10 September 2021 to Question 41864.

The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill, introduced on 12 May, has now passed through committee stage in the House of Commons.

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