Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 121478

Higher Education: Islamophobia

Tabled: 17 March 2026

Answered: 24 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Claire Coutinho

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the Government's definition of anti-Muslim hostility with the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.

Answer

Josh MacAlister

As with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, which the government adopted in 2016, a clear definition of anti-Muslim hostility is an important step towards combatting the unacceptable hostility that Muslim...

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