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HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI was making the point that the case he used to illustrate the issue would have been likely to engage Prevent even if the Prevent considerations had taken second place to the…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI am not sure the noble Baroness was in the Committee when I covered that very point quite near the beginning of our debate today. I tried to cover it on Monday but I expanded on…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, this group of amendments relates to duties and powers to promote freedom of speech under the Bill. Amendment 31, tabled by my noble friend Lord Moylan, seeks to clarify…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, this group of amendments relates to impartial research funding. Amendment 34 in the name of my noble friend Lord Moylan would introduce a new duty to require higher…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, Amendment 47 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Garden of Frognal, and her colleague the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, seeks to change the way in which…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI take the noble Baroness’s point. Those societies will be expected to abide by a code of practice which will be promulgated to all students. While the societies will not be…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI bow to the noble Lord’s superior knowledge on this. If noble Lords will allow, I will conclude. I mentioned the possibility of a monetary penalty, which was raised by the noble…02 Nov 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI am not sure I accept the noble Lord’s argument. If an event is properly planned—which it should be, particularly if it is sensitive or controversial—its security implications…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillAmendments 24 and 43, spoken to by the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, exactly address that set of issues, and I was about to comment on them. They concern the duty to generally bear…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillWe always have to come back to what the Bill specifies that a university should do, which is to take reasonably practicable steps. That is governed by the circumstances and facts…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillWith great respect to the noble Lord, I challenge any university to point to a provision in the Bill that changes the duties and responsibilities it has at the moment to take…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillExactly right. I was making the point that a provider in this context is an employer and that its staff will be subject to its employment policies. Those policies must, of course,…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI do not think it is for the Bill—or indeed the Government—to specify an answer to that question one way or the other. It would depend on the policy of the university as to…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillWe certainly hope that this will gain traction. I agree that in most circumstances it is better to encourage voluntary action, as long as it works. This is very much a work in…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI take the noble Lord’s point entirely. I think that I said that the definition I referred to was non-exhaustive. It is quite deliberately non-exhaustive, because it is a…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, we have begun our debates in Grand Committee with a group of amendments all of which, in one way or another, address the main duties in the Bill relating to freedom of…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI am grateful to the noble Lord. I wanted just to cover another question that the noble Baroness put to me about retired professors. If a retired professor is an emeritus…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI apologise to the Committee. I know that I have been speaking for a long time, but this is the very issue that I was about to come on to next, if my noble friend will allow me.…31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI would be happy to take this away and investigate. Once I have done so, I would be happy to write to the noble Baroness and the noble Lord, Lord Wallace.31 Oct 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI am very grateful to the noble Lord; I will certainly take that point away and make sure that it is noted.31 Oct 2022