The Lords questioned whether fewer master’s scholarships in history will limit access for poorer students and weaken humanities teaching; the Government defended postgraduate loans, said universities and funders set scholarships, and promised to keep working on wider access and university stability without announcing new history funding.

MPs challenged the Government over antisemitism in universities, citing low confidence among Jewish students in reporting abuse and calls for tougher penalties on institutions, while Bridget Phillipson said universities must act, pointed to £7 million for antisemitism education work and said antisemitic hate speech is not protected free speech.