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Labour had raised concerns over comments made by universities minister Michelle Donelan (pictured) during a BBC Radio 4 interview, in which she was asked about how the reforms would impact upon the ability of Holocaust deniers to speak on campuses
Speaking during the Queen s Speech debate, Mr Williamson added: We know that anti-Semitic activity and anti-Semitism are not to be tolerated.
Academics and politicians who have been cancelled at UK universities
Universities have been dogged in the past few years by campaigns to block appearances from figures seen as controversial by some students and staff.
Well-known and highly respected speakers - such as celebrated feminist Germaine Greer and Former Women s Hour host Jenni Murray - have had to cancel appearances at top universities over allegations they were racist, transphobic or homophobic.
Professor Peter Mathieson has created an intolerant and illiberal cancel culture
Lecturers at Edinburgh University are left feeling unable to speak out, staff claim
Comes after investigation into lecturer Neil Thin who students blasted as racist
One professor at Edinburgh university said countless others support Dr Thin
But they fear doing so publicly due to potential backlash from others at the uni
Jolyon Maugham QC wants trans communities to know that people with power are out batting for you . (eff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
There was a big legal win for trans kids a few weeks ago, but you would be forgiven for having missed it – unlike the gleeful media circus when trans rights are stripped away, the triumphs scarcely register.
December’s cruel High Court ruling in the Keira Bell v Tavistock case effectively banned puberty blockers for trans under 16s in England and Wales, unless they got permission from the court. But on 26 March, that ruling was effectively reversed.
The Good Law Project, which crowdfunded the case, said in a statement that the new ruling was “hugely significant”, because it “means that children with [parental] support will no longer be barred from accessing puberty blockers by the Bell decision”.
The LGB Alliance s logo.
LGBT+ non-profits have hit out at the Charity Commission’s “reckless and damaging” decision to recognise the LGB Alliance, a notorious anti-trans pressure group.
The Charity Commission confirmed on Tuesday (20 April) that it had approved the LGB Alliance for entry onto its register of public charities in England and Wales, despite the fact that it has been described as a hate group by numerous LGBT+ organisations and individuals, including Pride in London, gay SNP MP John Nicolson, the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights and Owen Jones.
A number of high-profile LGBT+ organisations lambasted the Charity Commission for registering the LGB Alliance. Mermaids, a charity that works with trans youth, said it is “deeply disturbed” by the commission’s decision.