Does the noble Earl nevertheless recognise that this is one of the weaknesses in the Bill that is causing consternation in universities: that it appears on the face of it to provide what I might describe as malignant actors—the sort of individuals the noble Lord has just referred to—with several new avenues to cause disruption, difficulties and problems for universities, including potentially launching a specific new tort? Is it not a weakness in the Bill that universities are likely to be subject to malignant activity?
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Macdonald of River Glaven
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 31 October 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill.
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2022-23
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