Hate Crime Debate

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Department: Home Office

Hate Crime

Nigel Huddleston Excerpts
Monday 12th March 2018

(6 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Victoria Atkins Portrait Victoria Atkins
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Again, reflecting on the overall tone of this urgent question, I will not rise to the bait, as it were, in that question. Frankly, I think we can all work together to call out hate crime when it happens. We have already today, sadly, heard the forms it can take, including anti-Semitism. Last week, the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Melanie Onn) spoke about the experience of misogyny; it is not yet a hate crime, but was the cause of much debate last week. We are very clear, and I think the House has been very clear today, that these letters and their sentiments are wholly abhorrent and are to be condemned.

Nigel Huddleston Portrait Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con)
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What practical support is being provided to help the targets and victims of hate crime?