Free Speech: Universities

Part of Education – in the House of Commons at on 7 September 2020.

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Photo of Gavin Williamson Gavin Williamson The Secretary of State for Education

Many of us take free speech as an absolute given and expect it to be an absolute given in every part of this country, and if legislation is required, that is what we will do. But it is not just at universities that we sometimes see a challenge to free speech. Conservative Members understand the importance of free speech, whether in universities or a free press, and that is why we will always be the ones who stand up for a free press so that people can enjoy their newspapers every single day.