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The Minister of State, Department for Education (Baroness Smith of Malvern) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 29 October 2025

Debate

Antisemitism: Universities

Contribution

My Lords, the targeted antisemitic campaign against Professor Ben-Gad is deeply troubling and has no place in our lecture halls, on campus or anywhere else. It is not free speech; it is harassment and it is abhorrent. Where a student is found to have been responsible for racially motivated harassment, intimidation or incitement to violence, I expect universities to react swiftly and to use the full force of their disciplinary powers to stop this happening again.

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