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HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point. My colleague wants to make a short related point, and I will respond to both together.16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. In response to a point by the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings about the detransitioning of research at the…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I have heard what the Minister has to say. I take her at her word and look forward to having further conversations and discussions on this issue. I therefore beg to ask leave to…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)We could be slightly cynical. I would not personally suggest this, but some might suggest that it is about freedom of speech as long as your speech is the sort of speech that the…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)My wife works at a higher education firm.16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you back in the Chair, Mrs Cummins. Overall, I have to say that I am really delighted—I think all the Opposition Members are—that the Minister has listened…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for the amendments, the clarity with which she presented them and the debate that they provoked—if I may use “provoked”. When we start to delve into this,…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I rise to speak to new clause 4. Our points on the new clause amplify the points that we made not half an hour ago, about the importance of how the Bill is applied to the Higher…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)The lack of corporate knowledge or rock of collective experience that legislation should be based on is really surprising. I would have thought that such errors would be corrected…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I agree. Whether it is, for example, an Islamic or Christian prayer room, or a space for the Jewish Society, we have to be very careful about the implications. I concur with what…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)My right hon. Friend is right: this is yet another example of how things are well managed by students’ unions up and down the country. They see challenges day in, day out, week…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)rose—16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his well made point. It could indeed reinforce those existing privileges, or lead to a complete breakdown of the SU structures and change to…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)I do not have any points to add. I simply wish to push all three amendments to a vote. Question put, That the amendment be made.16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)It is about affiliation, or the decision of groups to disaffiliate from the student union, as well as how private property will come into play. We have simply said that it should…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)I hope that the Minister will agree with me—with us, perhaps. The evidence that the Free Speech Union provided included a whole list of what it described as “incidents”. It…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)That could be the case—I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. The concern overall is about the number of reports. It could well be that guidance can assist in the…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank my right hon. Friend for posing that question. It is question that I think we Opposition Members would like to hear the Minister give a more explicit answer. It was not…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister is being generous in giving way. Essentially, what the Bill saying is that the colleges can exert pressure on their middle and junior common rooms and somehow…16 Sept 2021HANSARD Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (Seventh sitting)I add my personal congratulations to the Minister on her expanded responsibilities. After yesterday’s sitting, I hope that she will have a lot of time to apply to the guidance…16 Sept 2021