Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Andrew Stephenson Excerpts
Thursday 29th October 2015

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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Of course, full details will become available. I am aware of the issue and will ensure that the fact that the hon. Lady has continued to raise this concern is communicated to my colleagues.

Andrew Stephenson Portrait Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con)
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I welcome the Government’s announcement that anti-Muslim hate crime will be recorded as a separate category for the first time by police in England and Wales, bringing Islamophobia into line with anti-Semitic attacks targeting Jews, which have been recorded separately now for some time. May we therefore have a debate on hate crime in all of its forms, and what more we can do to eradicate this from our society?