PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
LGBT+ People: Hate Crime (14 October 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislation to make anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime an aggravated offence.

Asked by:
Tom Hayes (Labour)

Answer

The Government is absolutely committed to tackling all forms of hate crime and has already committed to protect LGBT+ and disabled people by making all existing strands of hate crime an aggravated offence.

We will set out next steps in due course.


Answered by:
Dame Diana Johnson (Labour)
21 October 2024

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