A report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights details how freedom of speech at universities is being restricted. It mentions ‘safe spaces’ as a limit on speech, as well as confusion around the Prevent programme and unnecessary red tape in organising external speakers. Many groups had cancelled events, had guests banned, or were put off organising events because of the hurdles they had to overcome. CARE, in a submission to the committee, said it was particularly concerned about how current definitions of extremism were being wrongly applied to nonviolent individuals and groups, instead of to those who could draw people into terrorism. This has led to many speakers and groups being ‘no platformed’ and to their views being excluded from public debate because they were considered offensive by some, particularly people of faith.