Oral Question·Home Office
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 1 July 2025Answered: 7 July 2025
Asked by
Joe Morris
Labour — Hexham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
Yvette Cooper
My hon. Friend is right. That sort of graffiti and serious hate crime divides communities and needs to be taken seriously by police across the country. It is one of the reasons we are strengthening the law to give the police stronger powers to prevent intimidating protests around not just synagogues but mosques.