Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) We will hold ever faster to the values of freedom and tolerance that make our country great. - Speech Link
2: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley Central) We will work to defend the values of freedom and tolerance that are the cornerstones of our democracy - Speech Link
3: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) When we speak in real life, our free speech comes with accountability, but that is not the case online - Speech Link
4: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) human rights, particularly freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Black of Brentwood (Con - Life peer) Freedom of speech with no strings attached. - Speech Link
2: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary) Freedom of expression is clearly very important. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) do care about freedom of the press. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hollins (XB - Life peer) The distraction of live election news during my speech probably contributed to me being misquoted by - Speech Link
Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Chinese students in UK universities, particularly those who are linked to China's military, are properly vetted and do not pose a threat to activists and people from Hong Kong based in UK universities who are campaigning against the actions of China and the Chinese Communist Party.
Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
Higher education (HE) in the UK is recognised as world class and attracting the brightest students from around the world is good for UK universities. However, the government takes seriously any concerns about overseas interference in the UK’s HE sector. The department continually assesses potential threats, and takes the protection of individuals’ rights, freedoms and safety in the UK very seriously.
Any attempt by a foreign power to intimidate, harass or harm individuals or communities in the UK will not be tolerated. The National Security Act (2023) brings together vital new measures to protect the UK’s national security. The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) has been created to tackle covert influence in the UK.
The Defending Democracy Taskforce is reviewing the UK’s approach to transnational repression to ensure that there is a robust and joined up response across government and law enforcement.
The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 will ensure that universities in England have the tools they need to deal with interference with, and threats to, freedom of speech and academic freedom wherever they originate.
Oral Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: FCDO and civil societiesFound: suppression of free speech, as opposed to carrying on giving them aid programmes.
Written Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: FCDO and civil societiesFound: We focusing on sustaining healthy information ecosystems through a range of measure including the
Written Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: FCDO and civil societiesFound: FCS0006 - FCDO and civil societies University of East Anglia, City, University of London, and University
Written Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: FCDO and civil societiesFound: strict censorship policies, including by banning feminist terms and content they see as “harmful speech
Oral Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: FCDO and civil societiesFound: suppression of free speech, as opposed to carrying on giving them aid programmes.
Oral Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: NHS leadership, performance and patient safetyFound: Panel one, in front of us now, consists of Dr Jayne Chidgey-Clark, who is national guardian for freedom
May. 21 2024
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