Repealing the Hate Crime Act - Amendment
- Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- Motion reference: S6M-12855.4
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 17 April 2024
As an amendment to motion S6M-12550 in the name of Russell Findlay (Repealing the Hate Crime Act), leave out from “believes” to end and insert “recognises that the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 was intended to improve protections for individuals and communities from hate, but has been let down by the chaotic implementation of it by the Scottish National Party administration; acknowledges the Scottish Government’s failure to properly communicate the changes in the legislation, or to give adequate training to Police Scotland; requests that the Criminal Justice Committee carry out an urgent review into the operation of the Act, specifically the new provisions, and calls on the Scottish Government to urgently address the flaws in its implementation of the Act, to use its powers under section 12 of the Act to add the characteristic of sex as an aggravator and protected characteristic under the Act, and to review the recording of hate incident reporting to make sure that it is compliant with human rights law and prevents the recording of vexatious complaints.”
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Result 20 for, 97 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote Vote Defeated
Scottish National Party
- 0 for
- 57 against
- 1 abstained
- 5 did not vote
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- Adam, George
- Adam, Karen
- Allan, Dr Alasdair
- Arthur, Tom
- Beattie, Colin
- Brown, Keith
- Brown, Siobhian
- Callaghan, Stephanie
- Coffey, Willie
- Constance, Angela
- Dey, Graeme
- Don, Natalie
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Dunbar, Jackie
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Fairlie, Jim
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- Forbes, Kate
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gilruth, Jenny
- Gougeon, Mairi
- Grahame, Christine
- Gray, Neil
- Harper, Emma
- Haughey, Clare
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- MacDonald, Gordon
- MacGregor, Fulton
- Mackay, Rona
- Macpherson, Ben
- Maguire, Ruth
- Martin, Gillian
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- McAllan, Màiri
- McKee, Ivan
- McKelvie, Christina
- McLennan, Paul
- McMillan, Stuart
- McNair, Marie
- Minto, Jenni
- Nicoll, Audrey
- Robertson, Angus
- Robison, Shona
- Roddick, Emma
- Somerville, Shirley-Anne
- Stevenson, Collette
- Stewart, Kevin
- Sturgeon, Nicola
- Swinney, John
- Thomson, Michelle
- Torrance, David
- Tweed, Evelyn
- Whitham, Elena
Abstained
- Ewing, Fergus
Did not vote
- Adamson, Clare
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Stewart, Kaukab
- Todd, Maree
- Yousaf, Humza
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
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- Balfour, Jeremy
- Briggs, Miles
- Burnett, Alexander
- Carlaw, Jackson
- Carson, Finlay
- Dowey, Sharon
- Eagle, Tim
- Findlay, Russell
- Fraser, Murdo
- Gallacher, Meghan
- Golden, Maurice
- Gosal, Pam
- Greene, Jamie
- Gulhane, Sandesh
- Halcro Johnston, Jamie
- Hamilton, Rachael
- Hoy, Craig
- Kerr, Liam
- Kerr, Stephen
- Lumsden, Douglas
- McCall, Roz
- Mountain, Edward
- Mundell, Oliver
- Ross, Douglas
- Simpson, Graham
- Smith, Liz
- Stewart, Alexander
- Wells, Annie
- White, Tess
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- Webber, Sue
- Whittle, Brian
Scottish Labour
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- Baillie, Jackie
- Baker, Claire
- Boyack, Sarah
- Choudhury, Foysol
- Clark, Katy
- Duncan-Glancy, Pam
- Grant, Rhoda
- Griffin, Mark
- Lennon, Monica
- Leonard, Richard
- Marra, Michael
- McNeill, Pauline
- Mochan, Carol
- O'Kane, Paul
- Rowley, Alex
- Sarwar, Anas
- Smyth, Colin
- Sweeney, Paul
- Whitfield, Martin
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- Bibby, Neil
- Johnson, Daniel
- Villalba, Mercedes
Scottish Green Party
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- Burgess, Ariane
- Chapman, Maggie
- Greer, Ross
- Harvie, Patrick
- Mackay, Gillian
- Ruskell, Mark
- Slater, Lorna
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0Scottish Liberal Democrats
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- 4 against
- 0 abstained
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- Cole-Hamilton, Alex
- McArthur, Liam
- Rennie, Willie
- Wishart, Beatrice
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- Johnstone, Alison
Alba Party
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- Regan, Ash
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0Related motion
Repealing the Hate Crime Act
Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, April 15, 2024
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, April 17, 2024
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Repealing the Hate Crime Act - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Siobhian Brown, Ayr, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Supported by: Angela Constance
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, April 17, 2024