Question follow-through · 128062
Higher Education: Oppression
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to engage with universities on the issue of the transnational repression of their staff and students.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to engage with universities on the issue of the transnational repression of their staff and students.
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
Any attempt to intimidate, harass or harm academics in the UK will not be tolerated. Since February 2026, we have held a series of events, engaging over 200 higher education staff on foreign interference concerns such as transnational repression, includin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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