Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 119377
Students: Radicalism
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Chris Philp
Conservative — Croydon 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 MacAlisterThis 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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