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Hate Crime

Asked by Abtisam MohamedLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 15 January 2025UIN 22795

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislation to make all hate crime an aggravated offence.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

This Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime. We have committed to changing hate crime legislation to bring parity of protection for LGBT+ and disabled people under the aggravated offences and we are currently considering how best to implement this.

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