Parliamentary Briefing
Universities and the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill Committee Stage
12 Dec 2014
Universities will be directly affected by clauses 21-27 and 38 of the Counter-Terror and Security Bill to be discussed on day three of the Committee of the Whole House. This million+ briefing outlines key concerns relevant to committee stage in terms of detailed terms and phrasing issues in the Bill, issues of parliamentary scrutiny and oversight of new powers, and highlights the challenges that universities will face balancing responsibilities between duties proposed in this Bill and the 1986 Education (No. 2) Act, relating to freedom of speech.