Gender: Academic Freedom
Commons · Question 91147 · Tabled 14 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Preet Kaur Gill
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with universities to ensure academics with gender-critical views are not treated differently and that their research is allowed to be published.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 24 Nov 2025
This government is absolutely committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom. Higher education (HE) must be a space for robust discussion and intellectual rigour. Academics must be allowed to test the truth of the ideas that shape society and partici...