House of Commons Library

Academic

CAF secures changes to House of Commons Library free speech briefing

In a welcome win for CAF, the House of Commons Library has agreed to amend its briefing Freedom of Speech in Universities following our formal letter raising concerns about how the campus free-speech problem was being framed.

Frederick Attenborough
30 January 2026

Academic

CAF raises methodological concerns over House of Commons Library briefing

CAF has written to the House of Commons Library, warning that its recent briefing, Freedom of Speech in Universities, downplays self-censorship at the very moment the new regulatory regime’s main enforcement mechanism remains uncommenced and vulnerable to being quietly shelved.

Frederick Attenborough
21 January 2026