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Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 7 February 2023, in the House of Commons, led by Claire Coutinho. The answering member was Matt Western.
Consideration of Lords amendments. Motion that this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 10. Agreed to on division (283 to 161). Lords amendments 1 to 9, 11 and 12 agreed to. Motion that a Committee be appointed to draw up a Reason to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing to their Amendment 10. Agreed to. Reasons to be reported and communicated to the Lords.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
727 cc853-876 
Session
2022-23
Legislative stage
Lords amendments
Procedure
Lords reasons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2021-22 to 2022-23. Lords amendments
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Claire Coutinho | 727 c854 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 10.

Roger Gale | 727 c854 (Link to this contribution)

With this it will be convenient to consider Lords amendments 1 to 9, 11 and 12.


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Claire Coutinho | 727 c854 (Link to this contribution)

Mr Deputy Speaker:

“Freedom is a fragile thing…it must be fought for and defended constantl...

Munira Wilson | 727 c854 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister will forgive me if she is coming to this point, but as a Liberal I believe passionat...

Claire Coutinho | 727 c855 (Link to this contribution)

Having spoken to many academics and people in universities at the moment, I firmly disagree. They...

Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 727 c855 (Link to this contribution)

The problem with the tort clause is that it also applies to student unions and student associatio...

Roger Gale | 727 c855 (Link to this contribution)

Order. If the hon. Gentleman wishes to make a speech, he should put his name in. That was not an ...

Claire Coutinho | 727 cc855-6 (Link to this contribution)

Respectively, I disagree with the hon. Gentleman. I do not think that would be the case. The Gove...

Claire Coutinho | 727 cc856-8 (Link to this contribution)

I will not, as I have to make some progress.

It is impossible to understand the full extent...

Matt Western | 727 c857 (Link to this contribution)

Let me start my remarks with the word “otiose”. Occasionally the words that frequent a debate com...

Danny Kruger | 727 c857 (Link to this contribution)

I would be grateful for some clarity from the hon. Member. He says that the whole Bill is otiose,...

Matt Western | 727 c857 (Link to this contribution)

We are talking about the Lords amendments, and what is otiose is the debate that was had in the L...

Desmond Swayne | 727 c857 (Link to this contribution)

I know that students have all sorts of quite proper concerns about their budgets, but does the ho...

Matt Western | 727 c859 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right hon. Member for his comments, and for the style and energy that he brings to su...

John Hayes | 727 c859 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman says these are marginal considerations. I do not know whether on the visits he...

Matt Western | 727 c859 (Link to this contribution)

I talk to members of all university communities of course, as the right hon. Member would expect:...

Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 727 c859 (Link to this contribution)

Members opposite say the banning of the Christian union was a disgrace, but is there not a real d...

Matt Western | 727 cc859-861 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for his important intervention. He is absolutely right, and he and many ot...

Jeremy Corbyn | 727 c861 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making an excellent contribution to this debate. Does he agree that the problem...

Matt Western | 727 cc861-2 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. He is absolutely right that these sorts of eve...

Gareth Bacon | 727 cc862-4 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to support the Bill in general, and specifically to support the Government’s decision to r...

Layla Moran | 727 c864 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to speak in support of Lords amendment 3. I am frankly delighted that it has received Gove...

Jeremy Corbyn | 727 c864 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member is making an excellent point. When the woman raised those issues with the univers...

Layla Moran | 727 cc864-6 (Link to this contribution)

I have since spoken to a number of heads and principals of colleges. Many are not defending such ...

Miriam Cates | 727 cc865-7 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to speak in favour of the Government’s motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10. As has ...

Paul Blomfield | 727 cc867-870 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to oppose the motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10.

There ought to be a basis ...

Danny Kruger | 727 cc868-871 (Link to this contribution)

I rise in support of the Government and am pleased that they have decided to reinstate the clause...

Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 727 cc871-2 (Link to this contribution)

I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I recei...

Lia Nici | 727 c872 (Link to this contribution)

I am somewhat confused, because the Bill is not designed to limit freedom of speech; it is actual...

Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 727 c872 (Link to this contribution)

I sat on the Bill Committee and heard the evidence. Some, which I supported, talked about the unn...

John Hayes | 727 cc872-3 (Link to this contribution)

I refer hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests in relation to t...

Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 727 c873 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

John Hayes | 727 c873 (Link to this contribution)

I happily give way to the hon. Gentleman, who served on the Committee.

Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 727 c873 (Link to this contribution)

When we served on the Committee, did we not agree that one thing this Bill lacked was security of...

John Hayes | 727 cc873-4 (Link to this contribution)

I agree with the hon. Gentleman on that, but, having declared my interest that I am employed at t...

Jeremy Corbyn | 727 c874 (Link to this contribution)

I could not disagree more with the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John...

Jeremy Corbyn | 727 c875 (Link to this contribution)

I will come to the hon. Lady in a second. Now, the climate change deniers are seen as controversi...

Miriam Cates | 727 c875 (Link to this contribution)

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Jeremy Corbyn | 727 c875 (Link to this contribution)

I think the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Lia Nici) asked first. I am a bit worried about this d...

Lia Nici | 727 c875 (Link to this contribution)

I have experience in universities, having been in education for 22 years and taught for three dif...

Jeremy Corbyn | 727 c875 (Link to this contribution)

I am pretty sure there were people who tried to cancel them at the time. I was not at university ...

John Hayes | 727 c875 (Link to this contribution)

We think that, too. That is the very purpose of the Bill—to open minds, to open debate, to have f...

Jeremy Corbyn | 727 c875 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to disappoint the right hon. Gentleman, but I cannot vote with him tonight because I t...

Claire Coutinho | 727 c876 (Link to this contribution)

I thank all Members for their contributions and particularly eloquent representations. They have ...

Matt Western | 727 c876 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that Hansard will have recorded that when I used the word “otiose”, I was talking about...

Claire Coutinho | 727 c876 (Link to this contribution)

I think there was some significant questioning of the Bill, and I suggest that the hon. Gentleman...

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