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Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023

Commons · Question 9426 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 25 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Written Statement of 26 July 2024 on Higher Education Regulation Update, HCWS26, when she plans to confirm her long term plans for the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 25 Oct 2024

This government took the decision to pause the implementation of further parts of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act to ensure that it is workable in practice and that the impacts of the Act on providers, staff, students’ unions and minority gro...