Students: Radicalism
Commons · Question 119377 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Chris Philp
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of potential foreign state ideological influence operating through student networks affiliated to UK universities.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 23 Mar 2026
This government is committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom within the law, but those freedoms do not extend to behaviour that constitutes extremist intimidation, harassment and incitement to hatred.The National Security Act 2023 introduced off...