I congratulate my hon. Friend on her new clause. I understand that the Government have moved on the matter, and I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Minister. However, does my hon. Friend agree that there is one other element to this, which is that if the Government are in possession of clear evidence that there is a threat to the security of the state through interventions by things such as the Confucius institutes, they should retain the power for the Secretary of State to deal with that directly without necessarily going to the Office for Students?
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Iain Duncan Smith
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 June 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill.
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