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HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Ninth sitting)I am sure the Minister has heard my right hon. Friend’s question. It is certainly not clear to me who has standing, and I hope she will come to that. It is quite clear from the…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Ninth sitting)I would love to hear from my right hon. Friend.20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Ninth sitting)I was not expecting to speak so soon; I thought the Minister might speak at greater length on this.20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Ninth sitting)I wish to place on the record the fact that my wife works at a university.20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)I hear what the Minister has said and I absolutely take her at her word. I therefore very much look forward to seeing that specified in the guidance. So, there will be a time…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)May I explore that a little further to understand that? Are we saying that the former Secretary of State could go back to the University of Bradford, a fabulous institution, which…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)I hear the Minister. I take on board her comments on amendment 37. The matter will be considered and the result issued in guidance. However, we will press amendments 35 and 36 to…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 35, in clause 7, page 8, line 20, leave out “or was”. See the explanatory statement for Amendment 37.20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)I stand corrected. The hon. Member obviously misspent more of his time than I did watching that. Whatever part of the anatomy it was, it was coming down rather heavily on the…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)Labour cannot support this clause in its entirety. There are many points that could be highlighted. New section 69B(9) states:: “If a students’ union fails to comply with a…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Ninth sitting)I will address those points in due course. It is the possibility of students going through different bodies that is quite alarming and that will cause even more complication and…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 54, in clause 5, page 6, line 39, at end insert— “(4) The OfS must ensure that the ongoing registration conditions of each registered higher education…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)My hon. Friend is right, and that is a point I was going to come on to. I was just looking through my notes about the Office of the Independent Adjudicator and I saw that it said…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Tenth sitting)Clause 7, of course, is about the complaints scheme. In that constructive vein that we have spoken of many times before, we want to make some small detail improvements and changes…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)That is my real concern, which I was just about to come on to. There is real fear about these well-funded bodies; I mentioned the Chinese groups specifically because that point…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)Mrs Cummins, I am sorry if it was not clear that I was trying to sum up the points that were put so well by my colleagues. The Minister has said that these non-affiliated groups…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for her intervention. I do not mean to try her patience; the points we are trying to make are simply an attempt to explore absolutely all eventualities. We…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the right hon. Gentleman for illustrating and articulating the point that I was alluding to, but was not being specific about. I am sure the Minister will have listened to…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)It is exactly that. I will not spin the wheels and repeat exactly what my hon. Friend has said, but perhaps the Minister would like to respond.16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)That is the issue, perhaps in part, with the Bill. The Government are trying impose, top down, a series of responsibilities and duties on universities to oversee and implement…16 Sept 2021