Question follow-through · 74632
Universities: Freedom of Expression
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to uphold free speech in universities.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to uphold free speech in universities.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2025
Answer published
This government is absolutely committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom in universities. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, confirmed to Parliament on 15 January the government’s plans for the future of the Higher Educat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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