Tag: Prevent
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Mark Bennett: Protecting Free Speech whilst Preventing Terrorism: The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill and the ‘Prevent Duty’
The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill continues its progression in Parliament, having initially been introduced in the House of Commons by the then-Education Secretary Gavin Williamson in May 2021, and recently “carried over” into the new (2022-23) parliamentary session; the Bill was debated at (and subsequently passed) Report stage and Third Reading in the…