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Council for At-risk Academics
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to support the work of the Council for At-Risk Academics.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 6 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to support the work of the Council for At-Risk Academics.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
The UK is committed to supporting and promoting academic freedom and is aware of the excellent work that the Council of At-Risk Academics does in helping academics in dangerous situations all over the world. The UK also recognises the essential role that ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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