“Chapter 4A

Debate between Nadia Whittome and Greg Smith

Tuesday 11th March 2025 Commons Chamber

[Greg Smith]

I do not think that the hon. Lady is actually disagreeing with what I have said so far. Sexual harassment is clearly a crime—it is already a crime—and any perpetrator of it should be brought to justice. That is covered by different law.

[Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East) (Lab)]

Will the shadow Minister give way?

[Greg Smith]

In a moment. To answer the hon. Member for Tipton and Wednesbury (Antonia Bance), the point I am getting at is not about sexual harassment or anything else covered in the criminal law. For example, if somebody who is waiting on tables or serving at a bar in a hospitality setting overhears a conversation that they find themselves deeply offended by—perhaps around the situation in Israel and Gaza right now—this Bill—

[Nadia Whittome]

Will the shadow Minister give way?