Amendments made: 7, page 4, line 36, at end insert—

‘(4A) In order to achieve the objective in subsection (2), a students’ union for students at a registered higher education provider that is eligible for financial support must secure that, apart from in exceptional circumstances, use by any individual or body of premises occupied by the students’ union is not on terms that require the individual or body to bear some or all of the costs of security relating to their use of the premises.’.

This amendment would place a new duty on certain students’ unions to secure freedom of speech for certain persons by requiring the students’ unions to secure that use of premises is not conditional on requiring the person wishing to use them to bear the costs of security - unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Amendment 8, page 5, line 13, leave out “duty” and insert “duties”.

This amendment is consequential on the changes made by Amendments 7 and 10.

Amendment 9, page 5, line 32, leave out

“duty in section A5 is”

and insert

“duties in section A5 are”.

This amendment is consequential on the changes made by Amendments 7 and 10.

Amendment 10, page 5, line 33, at end insert

“(which must include its criteria for determining whether there are exceptional circumstances for the purposes of section A5(4A)).”—(Michelle Donelan.)

This amendment requires the code of practice maintained by a students’ union to set out the union’s criteria for deciding whether there are “exceptional circumstances” which will enable it to require a person wishing to use its premises to bear the costs of security.