Written Question·Home Office·UIN 15972
Hate Crime: Disability
Tabled: 25 November 2024
Answered: 2 December 2024
Question
Rebecca Paul
Conservative — Reigate
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendation in the report by The Law Commission entitled Hate Crime Laws: Final Report, published on 6 December 20
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonAs set out in our manifesto, we have committed to changing hate crime legislation to bring parity of protection for disabled people under the aggravated offences. This mirrors one of the recommendations made by the Law Commission in 2021.