Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 119377

Students: Radicalism

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Chris Philp

ConservativeCroydon South

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of potential foreign state ideological influence operating through student networks affiliated to UK universities.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
This government is committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom within the law, but those freedoms do not extend to behaviour that constitutes extremist intimidation, harassment and incitement to hatred.The National Security Act 2023 introduced off...

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