Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Bills
House of Commons
I beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 10.
With this it will be convenient to consider Lords amendments 1 to 9, 11 and 12.
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Mr Deputy Speaker:
“Freedom is a fragile thing…it must be fought for and defended constantl...
The Minister will forgive me if she is coming to this point, but as a Liberal I believe passionat...
Having spoken to many academics and people in universities at the moment, I firmly disagree. They...
The problem with the tort clause is that it also applies to student unions and student associatio...
Order. If the hon. Gentleman wishes to make a speech, he should put his name in. That was not an ...
Respectively, I disagree with the hon. Gentleman. I do not think that would be the case. The Gove...
Will the Minister give way?
I will not, as I have to make some progress.
It is impossible to understand the full extent...
Let me start my remarks with the word “otiose”. Occasionally the words that frequent a debate com...
I would be grateful for some clarity from the hon. Member. He says that the whole Bill is otiose,...
We are talking about the Lords amendments, and what is otiose is the debate that was had in the L...
I know that students have all sorts of quite proper concerns about their budgets, but does the ho...
I thank the right hon. Member for his comments, and for the style and energy that he brings to su...
The hon. Gentleman says these are marginal considerations. I do not know whether on the visits he...
I talk to members of all university communities of course, as the right hon. Member would expect:...
Members opposite say the banning of the Christian union was a disgrace, but is there not a real d...
I thank my hon. Friend for his important intervention. He is absolutely right, and he and many ot...
My hon. Friend is making an excellent contribution to this debate. Does he agree that the problem...
I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. He is absolutely right that these sorts of eve...
I rise to support the Bill in general, and specifically to support the Government’s decision to r...
I rise to speak in support of Lords amendment 3. I am frankly delighted that it has received Gove...
The hon. Member is making an excellent point. When the woman raised those issues with the univers...
I have since spoken to a number of heads and principals of colleges. Many are not defending such ...
I rise to speak in favour of the Government’s motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10. As has ...
I rise to oppose the motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10.
There ought to be a basis ...
I rise in support of the Government and am pleased that they have decided to reinstate the clause...
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I recei...
I am somewhat confused, because the Bill is not designed to limit freedom of speech; it is actual...
I sat on the Bill Committee and heard the evidence. Some, which I supported, talked about the unn...
I refer hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests in relation to t...
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
I happily give way to the hon. Gentleman, who served on the Committee.
When we served on the Committee, did we not agree that one thing this Bill lacked was security of...
I agree with the hon. Gentleman on that, but, having declared my interest that I am employed at t...
I could not disagree more with the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John...
I will come to the hon. Lady in a second. Now, the climate change deniers are seen as controversi...
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
I think the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Lia Nici) asked first. I am a bit worried about this d...
I have experience in universities, having been in education for 22 years and taught for three dif...
I am pretty sure there were people who tried to cancel them at the time. I was not at university ...
We think that, too. That is the very purpose of the Bill—to open minds, to open debate, to have f...
I am sorry to disappoint the right hon. Gentleman, but I cannot vote with him tonight because I t...
I thank all Members for their contributions and particularly eloquent representations. They have ...
I am sure that Hansard will have recorded that when I used the word “otiose”, I was talking about...
I think there was some significant questioning of the Bill, and I suggest that the hon. Gentleman...