MP who asked for list of tutors lecturing on Brexit 'was doing research'

Universities minister defends Chris Heaton-Harris but acknowledges that letter to vice-chancellors ‘probably should not have been sent’

Jo Johnson, the universities minister, has claimed a Conservative whip who wrote to vice-chancellors demanding a list of tutors lecturing on Brexit was simply doing research for a book, although he acknowledged the letter “probably should not have been sent”.

Johnson defended his colleague, Chris Heaton-Harris, from accusations that the move was “McCarthyite” and “Leninist”, after an outcry from universities worried about their academic freedom.

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