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Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 |
| Question ID: |
1727732 |
| UIN: |
4423 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4759 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Joy Morrissey
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Joy Morrissey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the decision to stop implementation of the Higher Education (Free Speech) Act 2023, whether she received representations that informed that decision (a) on the potential impact of that Act on |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-19 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4698 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Janet Daby
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| Answering Member handle: |
JanetDaby
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JanetDaby
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| Answer text: |
The decision to pause the implementation of the Higher Education (Free Speech) Act 2023 took account of views from across the higher education (HE) sector, including universities and academics, who felt that the Act is disproportionate, burdensome and dam... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |