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HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Ninth sitting)The same.20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)It is just the simple approach of talking to student unions and saying, “What effect would this tariff have on you? Would it push you over the edge? Would it bankrupt you? Is this…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)That is what generated my question. Why are the Government targeting young people in this way? It would not take much for the Minister to go away and to come back and give the…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)I make this simple point. Like my hon. Friend, I have met the National Union of Students to talk about the legislation. One question asked was, “What have the Government got…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Ninth sitting)The arguments have been cogently made by my hon. Friend the Member for Brighton, Kemptown. I have one simple question. Clause 3 states: “A person may bring civil proceedings…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)Confidence in legislation is secured through engagement, consultation and, where there is disagreement, an understanding to disagree. Then when the Bill is taken to the Floor of…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Ninth sitting)May I ask my hon. Friend the same question, then, and maybe the Minister can intervene on him?20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)There is the process of the tort, the process of the civil actions that will take place and the process of the monetary penalties imposed by the OfS. The courts eventually, after…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I fear to tread into this, but there are schisms within individual organisations. Anyone who has had any dealings in recent years with the gurdwaras in this country knows that we…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)That is an interesting point. I have been in situations where an individual has joined an organisation as an agent provocateur and has undertaken activities in the name of the…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)rose—16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)The point of including in amendment 74 a consultation process on amendments is that things change over time. There are bound to be amendments to the code over time, so is not it…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I am sorry to be sarky, but this is therefore the second time in major legislation that the Department for Education has discovered that it does not understand the structure of…16 Sept 2021HANSARDPublic Service BroadcastingI admit I was hoping that the Secretary of State would answer this question so that I could say “from one red to another”, although maybe not in the full range of meaning of that…16 Sept 2021HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting8. What steps she is taking to strengthen and promote public service broadcasting.16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I can understand why some organisations or bodies that associate with universities—the Bullingdon club, or whatever—are excluded, but what is the rationale for the exclusion of…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)That is a good point. I am trying to look pragmatically at what is happening on the ground, what would happen in practice, and the problems that could cause. This is almost…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)That is my point. In legislation such as this, it is important to ensure that we identify the unintended consequences. That is what the amendments are all about. As I said, the…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)Picking up from where my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington left off, for absolute clarity, this section deals with the code of practice, which is one of the most…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)I think we are getting there. The spirit of the matter that the right hon. Gentleman is laying before us is right. However, for some of us, there is anxiety about quarterly…16 Sept 2021