Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

My Lords, it is a great privilege to speak after the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighe...

My Lords, the noble Lord may be being rather kind to the Prussian police. I have no doubt that in...

I am happy to take the historical dispute offline, as they say, and discuss it with the noble Lor...

My Lords, from these Benches we very much welcome the government amendments in this group. We con...

My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, for introducing this group. When we were...

My Lords, I would like to address the group of amendments concerning the free speech duties. As y...

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have spoken in this short debate and, in particular, to ...

I think I heard the noble and learned Lord say “freedom of expression” in this Bill, but I think ...

Yes—I have got them the wrong way round, as I frequently do. But it does not really matter, becau...

Moved by

Baroness Barran

2: Clause 1, page 2, line 4, leave out “, beliefs or views” ...

Moved by

Baroness Fox of Buckley

4: Clause 1, page 2, line 14, at end insert—

“...

My Lords, the purpose of Amendment 4 in my name is that the law should recognise that one of the ...

In speaking to my Amendment 5, I shall comment briefly on the previous speech. In all my experien...

My Lords, I do not think I have said this before in your Lordships’ House, but I stand in almost ...

My Lords, I remind noble Lords of my interests in the register. I celebrate the fact that the Eur...

I will add to the comments of the noble Baroness, and declare an interest as the chancellor of a ...

My Lords, the noble Lord raises a very important point, but is it not the case that many public i...

I will be very brief. There is a danger of this debate widening out too far. In Committee, I advo...

My Lords, as we have heard, the amendments in this group relate to the important issue of academi...

I really appreciated the comments of noble Lords in this short debate. I want to stress a couple ...

Moved by

Lord Collins of Highbury

6: Clause 1, page 2, line 34, at end insert—

...

Moved by

Earl Howe

7: Clause 1, page 2, line 36, leave out from “speech” to end of li...

Moved by

Earl Howe

9: Clause 1, page 2, line 38, at end insert—

““member”, in r...

My Lords, government Amendments 9, 12 and 31 are officially classed as “minor and technical” alth...

My Lords, I have just a very brief point. I welcome, in particular, the amendments brought by the...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Grabiner. I think that is an extremely helpful suggestion ...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

11: Clause 1, page 3, line 13, after “activity,” in...

My Lords, I will move Amendment 11 and speak to Amendments 15 and 25, alongside my noble friend B...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support this amendment, to which I have added my name. I will try not...

My Lords, I do not oppose this amendment at all. I can see why it might be possible for material ...

My Lords, I am thoroughly with the spirit of this amendment. I have a child currently at universi...

My Lords, I agree with the comments and observations made by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings H...

My Lords, I rise briefly to echo the points made. I think the spirit of these amendments is impor...

My Lords, I want to make a brief point, because I know that everybody wants to make progress, but...

My Lords, these amendments all refer to student unions. We have been concerned about the rather h...

My Lords, we have had a thorough exploration of the issues that would face student unions as a re...

My Lords, I will address this group of amendments relating to codes of practice and the guidance ...

My Lords, that has been a very helpful debate and I thank all noble Lords who have taken part. My...

Moved by

Baroness Barran

12: Clause 2, page 4, line 14, at end insert—

““member...

Moved by

Earl Howe

13: Clause 3, page 4, line 41, leave out “, beliefs or views” and ...

Moved by

Earl Howe

17: Clause 4, page 6, line 22, after “A1” insert “that causes the ...

My Lords, the Government have tabled Amendments 17, 18 and 19 in response to an amendment tabled ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl the Minister and the Minister the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, f...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 21, standing in my name. It dawned on me, as I said in Com...

That is true.

Now that was a heckle of some value.

To conclude, it might be nice if the Front Bench, whic...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 22 in my name and those of other Members of this House. I ...

My Lords, encores are rarely worth the value of the extra time, but the noble Lords, Lord Grabine...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 22, to which I have attached my name. I declare my inte...

My Lords, I cannot call the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, my noble friend because I am non-affiliate...

My Lords, I do not want to detain the House too long because I realise that there will be a move ...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Strathcarron, I have put my name to Amendment 21 in the name ...

My Lords, after a lifetime in the law, I was thrilled beyond all else to hear what my noble frien...

My Lords, I support many of the comments that have been made. As a non-lawyer, I think it is impr...

My Lords, one of the Second Reading speeches that most impressed me was from the noble Viscount, ...

My Lords, I have a confession to make: when I spoke at Second Reading, I expressed the opinion th...

My Lords, I begin by expressing my thanks to noble and noble and learned Lords from all Benches o...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. With respect, I did not say that they would not be ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord. It is not the only reason for the tort, as I shall go on to expl...

Moved by

Earl Howe

18: Clause 4, page 6, line 25, after “A1” insert “that causes the ...

Moved by

Lord Willetts

22: Clause 4, leave out Clause 4

I would like to seek the opinion of the House on this amendment. It has been a really valuable an...

Moved by

Lord Sikka

23: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause—

“Resea...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, and the nobl...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 23 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Sikka. I said at...

My Lords, it is with pleasure that I support the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, in his Amendment 23. Nob...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, for tabling this amendment. It is such an important...

My Lords, I cannot agree with the noble Baroness that ideological capture takes place in as quite...

My Lords, the Faculty of Music at Oxford University does excellent research. Earlier on, the nobl...

Briefly, on the horse’s mouth, I did not get my information from the Telegraph; I got it from mus...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Sikka knows the Labour Front Bench’s position on his amendment, be...

My Lords, Amendment 23 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Sikka, seeks to ensure that the provision o...

I am grateful to the Minister and all the other participants in this debate for the vital points ...

Before we continue, I must just correct the record on the recent vote on Amendment 22. There were...

Moved by

Earl Howe

24: Clause 5, page 7, line 12, leave out “the promotion of” and in...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

26: Clause 9, page 12, line 41, after “provider” insert “o...

My Lords, we have three amendments in this group, which have been proposed by my noble friend Lor...

My Lords, I support these Amendments. Amendment 26 is self-explanatory, and it would be great if ...

My Lords, I will speak in support of those observations. I speak at a university that is in recei...

My Lords, I hope that the Government will take this away, consider whether there is a way of adap...

My Lords, I will address this group of amendments relating to overseas funding and the applicatio...

I think what the Minister said was quite clear, but the concern is whether that is a satisfactory...

As I said, it builds on the existing approach to regulation of constituent colleges.

Amendm...

I am still not clear how the fishing expedition that the noble Lord, Lord Patten, mentioned would...

Given the hour, I am more than happy to set that out in detail in a letter to the noble Baroness....

My Lords, I am terribly sorry to interrupt the Minister’s flow again. I am very grateful to her f...

I hear the noble Baroness’s request. I hope my letter will be able to reassure your Lordships tha...

My Lords, I think the Minister will understand that the House is still not satisfied that we are ...

Moved by

Baroness Thornton

29: Clause 10, page 15, line 11, at end insert—

“(1A...

Noble Lords will know that we have galloped around the director of free speech’s appointment seve...

My Lords, my name is on Amendment 30, which is an alternative version, and I wish to add my conce...

My Lords, I have attached my name to Amendment 29 in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Collins, a...

My Lords, I support the thrust of both amendments, but I am rising to add to my declaration of in...

My Lords, I will now address the group of amendments concerning the appointment of the new direct...

Can the Minister say whether the chief executive or chair could refuse to allow the director for ...

I am afraid that I do not strictly know the answer to the noble Baroness’s question, but that wou...

The reason why we stress the importance of this appointment commanding confidence is that, when w...

The noble Lord makes several important points, the first being the quality of our universities an...

I thank the Minister for that extensive explanation. We are probably 50% happy and 50% still worr...

Moved by

Viscount Younger of Leckie

31: The Schedule, page 19, line 40, at end insert...