Written questions

Hate Crime

Commons · Question 35449 · Tabled 4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 26 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Bloore

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of making the use of Nazi (a) symbolism and (b) salutes illegal in non-academic settings.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 26 Mar 2025

The government has a robust legislative framework in place to deal with the perpetrators of racist and other forms of hate crime and expect the perpetrators of these abhorrent offences to be brought to justice. We are deeply concerned about the unpreceden...