Hate Crime: LGBT+ People
Commons · Question 36269 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Witherden
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to make anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes an aggravated offence.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 13 Mar 2025
All hate crimes, including those targeting the LGBT+ community, are completely unacceptable. This Government is determined to tackle these appalling crimes, and we back the police in taking strong action against the perpetrators of these offences.We have ...