Hate Crime Debate

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Department: Home Office

Hate Crime

Lord Austin of Dudley Excerpts
Monday 12th March 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Victoria Atkins Portrait Victoria Atkins
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I have very much heard what the House has said. As the hon. Gentleman will know, the internet safety strategy was published last year. I will ensure that the sentiments of the House on anonymity are very much heard by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Lord Austin of Dudley Portrait Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab)
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What makes you British is not what you look like, where your parents were from or how you worship, but the contribution that you make to our country. Nowhere has the contribution made by British Muslims been greater than in the west midlands, which is why I will be spending 3 April—it has been identified as a day of hate—visiting as many mosques and community centres across the region as possible to ensure that Muslims in the west midlands have my support and solidarity and to show them that I am on their side. I hope other Members of the House will be doing the same.

Victoria Atkins Portrait Victoria Atkins
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The hon. Gentleman has set out beautifully the values that bind this House and our country together. I wish him luck on his visits across his constituency to the many mosques in the west midlands.