Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”

Tabled: 12 September 2024Answered: 7 October 2024

Asked by

Marsha De Cordova

Labour — Battersea

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Education (Bridget Phillipson)

Antisemitism has no place on university campuses or in our society. Universities must take strong action to tackle antisemitism, including by enforcing disciplinary measures and improving transparency. More widely, we are taking action across the education system, investing £7 million across schools, colleges and universities to combat antisemitism, ensuring for the first time that every child learns about the Holocaust, and I have commissioned an independent review into what further action we can take to tackle this poison in our schools and colleges.