Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (First sitting) - 7th September 2021

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill (First sitting).

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-09-07/debates/364653F7-4844-4B22-BAFA-4515B811219C/HigherEducationFreedomofSpeechBillFirstsitting

10:16 Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton, Kemptown) (Lab/Co-op)

You have raised some really important points about making sure that there is diversity in views at a university. Is there a problem, however, if this is put in legislation, that that becomes too strictly defined as requiring balance? We have debates about the BBC and climate change denial, and the need to have equal airtime for people who disagree and for people who agree. Is there sometimes a necessity for a university to develop a course that is balanced not just numerically but also in terms of where the academic weight is?

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