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Westminster Hall

30 June 2026

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Lead Member outlines the problem of antisemitism on UK campuses, answers questions on legal duties and staff conduct, and sets out requested regulatory, security and oversight actions, followed by a detailed case study on Warwick and historical context for the post‑7 October spike. Early contributions press for mandatory adoption of UJS guidance and stronger government direction to universities and regulators.

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Campus antisemitism — lead member proposals

15:21

Lead Member — context, evidence and policy asks

15:21

Opening context and rise in campus antisemitism

15:21

Opening of debate and personal context

15:21

Scale and nature of campus antisemitism

16:55

Q&A on conflation, responsibilities and staff conduct

19:14

Q — Iqbal Mohamed MP: conflation of Israel and Jews

19:14

Q — Member: government and colleges’ responsibilities

21:24

Abuse of Jewish staff and online radicalisation

23:16

Policy demands to government and closing appeal

27:55

Requests to government — regulatory and security measures

27:55

Positive campus practices and closing appeal for Jewish students

30:33

Tim Farron and Warwick case — duties of universities

32:22

Tim Farron’s intervention — antisemitism, Israel and education

32:22

Chair states motion; Tim Farron’s opening and UJS praise

32:22

Jewish security concerns and separating Israel from its government

34:29

Holocaust education, Windermere children and policy ask

38:54

Warwick case — universities’ duty of care

41:24

Universities’ duty of care — Warwick case study

41:24

Q — Member: complaints procedures and consistent action

45:04

Historical warnings, post‑7 October surge and UJS guidance

48:01

Historical warnings and campus antisemitism surge

48:01

Escalating incidents and interwar university parallels

48:01

Historical lessons, Kosovo experience and UK values

50:55

Policy prescriptions — UJS guidance and government role

53:38

Policy asks — adopt UJS best practice guidance

53:38

Campus antisemitism — backbench evidence and government line

56:09

Backbench MPs — campus antisemitism and student protection

56:09

Iqbal Mohamed MP — protecting Jewish students and free speech

56:09

Iqbal Mohamed MP — condemning campus antisemitism

56:09

Iqbal Mohamed MP — Israel criticism, protests and free speech

59:22

Jim Shannon MP — campus antisemitism evidence and Northern Ireland focus

01:02:56

Jim Shannon MP — case studies of campus antisemitism

01:02:56

Jim Shannon MP — Northern Ireland context and policy demands

01:08:17

Campus antisemitism — party positions and government response

01:11:58

Liberal Democrats — university antisemitism concerns and policy proposals

01:11:58

Liberal Democrat frontbench — campus antisemitism concerns

01:11:58

Lib Dem stance on HE Free Speech Act and policy plan

01:17:53

Opposition frontbench — campus antisemitism and sanctions

01:20:26

Conservative shadow minister — scale of abuse and case studies

01:20:26

Conservative shadow minister — sanctions and complaints regime

01:26:39

Campus antisemitism — ministerial response and conclusion

01:29:33

Minister’s opening — free speech and protection of Jewish students

01:29:33

Q&A — cross‑community cohesion and regulatory measures

01:35:26

Prevent, extremism data and updated guidance

01:39:24

Closing remarks and motion on campus antisemitism

01:42:20

Debate on future of high streets

01:45:28

Debate opening and motion on high streets

01:45:28

Opening and motion on future of high streets

01:45:28

Procedural opening of 30‑minute high streets debate

01:45:28

Gregory Campbell MP — framing the high streets crisis

01:45:49

High street decline drivers and Campbell’s reform agenda

01:48:16

Q&A — bank and post office closures as anchor losses

01:48:16

Online retail pressure and mixed‑use regeneration ideas

01:50:05

Vaping shops, organised crime and campus safety

01:52:46

Radical overhaul of town centres and fiscal reforms

01:56:54

Future of high streets — Minister’s response and decision

02:02:59

High streets — Minister’s measures and conclusion

02:02:59

Minister’s response — funding programmes and diversification

02:02:59

Q&A — community role and rural high streets

02:08:34

Minister on vacant units, rental auctions and business rates

02:12:54

Youth financial exclusion — barriers, digitalisation and policy responses

02:15:33

Youth financial inclusion — challenges and government response

02:15:33

Financial inclusion for young people — challenges and risks

02:15:33

Opening of debate on financial inclusion for young people

02:15:33

Structural barriers — insecure work, low savings and poverty premium

02:16:57

Q&A — social media, AI and gaps in financial education

02:20:29

AI‑driven advice, financial stress and mental health impacts

02:23:05

Cross‑government measures for youth financial resilience

02:25:10

Policy proposals — credit visibility, motor insurance and cross‑government support

02:25:10

Robbie Moore MP — apprenticeships, benefits and rural costs

02:27:49

Edward Morello MP — digital money, NEETs and rural access

02:41:55

Youth financial education and online risks

02:32:48

Amanda Hack MP — strengthening financial education post‑16

02:32:48

TikTok finfluencers and youth financial advice

02:36:34

Promoting savings, fraud risks and ghost broking

02:39:27

Digitalisation, regional exclusion and long‑term inclusion strategy

02:41:55

Digital money, rural exclusion and student debt

02:41:55

Edward Morello MP — digital money and rural financial exclusion

02:41:55

Edward Morello MP — lifelong financial education and illegal lending

02:44:09

Jas Athwal — student loans as barrier to inclusion

02:46:11

Banking infrastructure, inclusion strategy and youth jobs

02:49:45

Sarah Olney MP — high street decline, digital access and banking hubs

02:49:45

Sarah Olney MP — Fair Banking Act, investment gap and youth jobs

02:52:32

Conservative spokesman — youth work opportunities and key debate themes

02:56:28

Westminster Hall

30 June 2026

Westminster Hall Tue, 30 Jun 2026 Actual start 14:15 House of Commons

15:21 - 16:53

Speaker 1

Thank you, pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I beg to move that this House has considered antisemitism on university campuses.

I want to begin by paying tribute to the Union of Jewish Students for the stellar work it does representing Jewish students and fighting antisemitism. And I do want to thank Jewish communal bodies too for all of their work on this issue and more widely. Now this debate is deeply personal to me. I am not Jewish, but my experience at university alongside Jewish students helped shape both the person and the politician that I am today.

When I was a student at the University of Leeds in 2008, I made the decision to stand with the Jewish society. Even then, despite not having a deep ingrained knowledge of the issues surrounding Israel, Palestine, or modern antisemitism, I could see that my fellow students were subject to racism and discrimination just because they were Jewish. Now as a Labour Party member then, a party for which equality is at the very core of our values, that shocked and appalled me. As chair of the University Labour Club, I stood by Jewish students. As a sabbatical officer on the student union executive, I stood by Jewish students.

And now 20 years later, having had the honor and the privilege of being elected by the good people of Leeds South West and Morley to be their Member of Parliament, I stand with Jewish students again.

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