Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative), on Thursday, 10 January 2019, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 10 members in total.

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ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND UNIVERSITIES

That this House strongly reaffirms the importance of free speech and academic freedom, and that it is critical that those at universities are able to engage in the free and frank exchange of ideas, even if these are controversial and unpopular, and opposes the suggestion that respected academic John Finnis, Prof Emeritus at Oxford University, and lecturer in Law and Legal Philosophy at Oxford University for over 40 years, should be removed for holding traditional Catholic views; believes that higher education is a place where students learn to think critically and challenge those they disagree with, not shut them down; and considers it a problem if there is a culture in universities where students refuse to hear from those with whom they disagree.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1964 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Bob Blackman

Fiona Bruce

Martin Vickers

Mary Glindon

Jim Shannon

Subjects

University of Oxford Finnis, John

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk