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Commons Chamber(8 years, 2 months ago)
Commons ChamberBad Boys bakers no doubt felt very privileged to be visited by the hon. Gentleman.
10. What progress he has made on proposals for reform of the Human Rights Act 1998.
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Commons ChamberNo, that is not a stretching of the question; it is a departure from it. Ingenious, but flawed on this occasion.
The sad reality is that hate crime is a growing problem. A young Muslim woman, Ruhi Rehman, was racially abused when travelling on the metro in my home town of Newcastle on Saturday. Thankfully, her attacker was chased off by outraged passengers, but not everyone is fortunate enough to have “Geordie angels”. More than 27% of prosecutions for hate crimes are currently failing because of victim issues, a significant rise since 2010. Do the Government share my concern that victims are being let down, and that serious crimes are going unpunished as a result?