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Academic Freedom: Complaints

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129590

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to their Department’s press release entitled New powers to protect vital free speech at universities, published on 20 April 2026, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that students, staf

Answered by Josh MacAlister

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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