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Love, Andrew
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is being taken to (a) monitor and (b) arrest and convict those involved in (i) distributing anti-semitic material and (ii) anti-semitic activity against people and property; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is being taken to (a) monitor and (b) arrest and convict those involved in (i) distributing anti-semitic material and (ii) anti-semitic activity against people and property; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Andrew Love
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Baroness Hughes of Stretford
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 July 2002
For answer on
19 September 2002
Answered on
19 September 2002
Mr. Love: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action is being taken to (a) monitor and (b) arrest and convict
those involved in (i) distributing anti-semitic material and (ii) anti-semitic activity against people and property; and if he will
make a statement. [73006]
Beverley Hughes: The police and Jewish bodies continue to work closely to safeguard Jewish people and property. The Government is in
close touch with the Community Security Trust of the British Board of Deputies, which provides up-to-date details of anti-Semitic
activity in the United Kingdom, such as assaults and criminal damage. Home Office officials have also met leading representatives of
the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) in order to discuss the recent increase in anti-Semitic activity within University campuses.
The Government is fully committed to tackling anti-Semitism and racism generally wherever it occurs. Under Part III of the Public
Order Act 1986 it is an offence to use threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent or likelihood to stir up
racial hatred. The offence covers inflammatory comments made in public or in the media as well as the distribution of printed
material. The Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 increased the maximum penalty for incitement to racial hatred from two to
seven years' imprisonment. Additionally, the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 introduced nine new racially aggravated offences, including
assault and criminal damage, for which the maximum penalties available to the courts are substantially increased if it can be shown
that there was evidence of racial hostility to the offences.
The investigation of possible breaches of these laws is an operational matter for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service. We
would therefore urge anyone who believes these laws to have been breached to report the matter to the police.
Subjects
Arrests; Incitement; Racially aggravated offences; Antisemitism; Religiously aggravated offences
Date
19 September 2002
Reference
390 c39-40W;390 c39W; 73006
House
House of Commons