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There will be a Westminster Hall debate on the safety of the Jewish community on 8 September 2026. The debate will be opened by Catherine West MP.
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on the safety of the Jewish community on 8 September 2026. The debate will be opened by Catherine West MP.
An e-petition about recording crimes motivated by misogyny as hate crimes is being debated in Westminster Hall on 7 September 2026. The debate will be opened by Tony Vaughan MP.
An e-petition about recording crimes motivated by misogyny as hate crimes is being debated in Westminster Hall on 7 September 2026. The debate will be opened by Tony Vaughan MP.
This summer, 1.5 million people attended London Pride, a celebration of love, freedom and diversity. At the same time, though, discussions on GB News compared Pride and LGBT people to bestiality and even paedophilia. There have now been 12,000 complaints to Ofcom about this. Does the Minister agree that these sorts of comments have no place on an apparent news channel? Will she assure me and those who have complained that Ofcom will be effective in challenging hate speech on television?
This summer, 1.5 million people attended London Pride, a celebration of love, freedom and diversity. At the same time, though, discussions on GB News compared Pride and LGBT people to bestiality and even paedophilia. There have now been 12,000 complaints to Ofcom about this. Does the Minister agree that these sorts of comments have no place on an apparent news channel? Will she assure me and those who have complained that Ofcom will be effective in challenging hate speech on television?
I thank my hon. Friend for bringing this incredibly serious question to DCMS questions this morning. There is no place for homophobia or prejudice in our society, and the media has a duty to uphold the highest standards, not polarise or divide. I understand that Ofcom is investigating whether the programme has breached broadcasting code standards, and I expect it to do so without fear or favour. Through our media Green Paper, we are considering how to ensure Ofcom has the right powers to protect audiences and regulate TV services in the future. We have a proud free media and free press in this country, but that does not come without responsibilities, and GB News should be thoroughly ashamed of itself.
I thank my hon. Friend for bringing this incredibly serious question to DCMS questions this morning. There is no place for homophobia or prejudice in our society, and the media has a duty to uphold the highest standards, not polarise or divide. I understand that Ofcom is investigating whether the programme has breached broadcasting code standards, and I expect it to do so without fear or favour. Through our media Green Paper, we are considering how to ensure Ofcom has the right powers to protect audiences and regulate TV services in the future. We have a proud free media and free press in this country, but that does not come without responsibilities, and GB News should be thoroughly ashamed of itself.
I thank my hon. Friend for bringing this incredibly serious question to DCMS questions this morning. There is no place for homophobia or prejudice in our society, and the media has a duty to uphold the highest standards, not polarise or divide. I understand that Ofcom is investigating whether the programme has breached broadcasting code standards, and I expect it to do so without fear or favour. Through our media Green Paper, we are considering how to ensure Ofcom has the right powers to protect audiences and regulate TV services in the future. We have a proud free media and free press in this country, but that does not come without responsibilities, and GB News should be thoroughly ashamed of itself.
This summer, 1.5 million people attended London Pride, a celebration of love, freedom and diversity. At the same time, though, discussions on GB News compared Pride and LGBT people to bestiality and even paedophilia. There have now been 12,000 complaints to Ofcom about this. Does the Minister agree that these sorts of comments have no place on an apparent news channel? Will she assure me and those who have complained that Ofcom will be effective in challenging hate speech on television?
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle anti-Sikh hate crimes and protect the Sikh community from targeted hate crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle anti-Sikh hate crimes and protect the Sikh community from targeted hate crime.
The government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion. We will not tolerate anti-Sikh hatred in any form and will ensure hate crimes are prosecuted with the full force of the law.
We are providing record protective security funding for faith communities to bolster security at places of worship, faith schools and community centres through the Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme. This comes alongside the Faith Security Training Scheme, ensuring all faith leaders and volunteers, including within Sikh communities, are strengthening their security awareness and preparedness to respond to concerns.
We also provide funding to support True Vision, an online hate crime reporting portal that lets victims report incidents safely without visiting a police station. We welcome its work with the Sikh Guard and Rakka initiatives to encourage reporting in Sikh communities and help address concerns about the lack of a bespoke reporting and support service for Sikhs experiencing hate crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the trends in the levels of anti-Muslim hate crime nationally, and what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of government data reporting on anti-Muslim hate crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the trends in the levels of anti-Muslim hate crime nationally, and what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of government data reporting on anti-Muslim hate crime.
This Government is committed to tackling all forms of hate crime, including anti-Muslim hate crime, and to ensuring the safety and protection of all communities.
The Home Office publishes official statistics on police-recorded hate crime in England and Wales, including religious hate crime by targeted religion. The latest release is available on GOV.UK: Hate crime, England and Wales, year ending March 2025 - GOV.UK
In the year ending March 2025, there was a 19% rise in religious hate crimes targeted at Muslims (from 2,690 to 3,199 offences, excluding Metropolitan Police Service data). There was a clear spike in these offences following the Southport murders and subsequent disorder in August 2024.
The Home Office keeps hate crime data under review and works closely with the police to improve the quality and coverage of police-recorded hate crime data.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle hate against disabled people.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle hate against disabled people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the findings of the Centre for Young Lives report on 'looksmaxxing'; and what steps she is taking to counter the progression of young men...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the findings of the Centre for Young Lives report on 'looksmaxxing'; and what steps she is taking to counter the progression of young men...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total number of reports categorised by police forces in England of (1) antisemitic, and (2) Islamophobic, hate crimes in each of the last 3 years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total number of reports categorised by police forces in England of (1) antisemitic, and (2) Islamophobic, hate crimes in each of the last 3 years.
The Home Office publishes official statistics on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. This includes information on religious hate crimes, by targeted religion. In the year ending March 2025, the police recorded 2,783 religious hate crimes targeted at Jewish people and 4,478 targeted at Muslims.
Due to a change in IT system, data for the Metropolitan Police Service are not comparable over the last three years. Excluding data from this force, the table below shows the number of offences over the last three years:
Number of hate crimes recorded by the police, by perceived religion, England and Wales, excluding Metropolitan Police | |||
Perceived religion of the victim | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Jewish | 1,172 | 2,093 | 1,715 |
Muslim | 2,661 | 2,690 | 3,199 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect mosques and other Islamic institutions from hate crime and violent attacks.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect mosques and other Islamic institutions from hate crime and violent attacks.
Protecting the right of all faith communities to worship in peace and without fear is fundamental. The Government works closely with the police and other partners to review threats and strengthen protections for faith communities against hate crime, terrorism and wider security threats.
The Protective Security for Mosques Scheme provides protective security measures (such as security personnel services, CCTV, intruder alarms and secure perimeter fencing) to mosques and associated Muslim faith community centres. Protective security measures are also available to Muslim faith schools. Under this scheme, up to £40 million is being made available for protective security for Muslim communities in 2026/27.
The Home Office has also launched a new scheme, Faith Security Training (FST), to better protect faith communities in England and Wales. FST, developed in partnership with policing and faith representatives, is a free scheme designed to help faith communities strengthen their security awareness and preparedness.
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Matt Turmaine (Watford) (Lab):
It was an honour to march with people from across Watford on a peace walk in my constituency recently. Earlier this year, we saw an attack on our high street. A fire was lit at a Jewish-owned shop, and the shop was sprayed with antisemitic graffiti. Additionally, mosques in Watford have been subjected to Islamophobic attacks and intimidation. I welcome my right hon. and learned Friend the Prime Minister’s additional support to deal with antisemitism and anti-religious hatred. Does he agree that this House must come together to stand united against those who would seek to divide us?
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Matt Turmaine (Watford) (Lab):
It was an honour to march with people from across Watford on a peace walk in my constituency recently. Earlier this year, we saw an attack on our high street. A fire was lit at a Jewish-owned shop, and the shop was sprayed with antisemitic graffiti. Additionally, mosques in Watford have been subjected to Islamophobic attacks and intimidation. I welcome my right hon. and learned Friend the Prime Minister’s additional support to deal with antisemitism and anti-religious hatred. Does he agree that this House must come together to stand united against those who would seek to divide us?
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and his hard work. He reminds us that an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. Antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred are a poison. We ripped antisemitism out of the Labour party, and I have worked as Prime Minister to root it out of our country. Just this week, we invested a record £250 million to protect our Jewish communities, and we are using the new powers we have introduced to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, going after those who incite violence on our streets. Everyone deserves to live with security, dignity and freedom. That is a fight that I and every Labour Government and those across this House will never give up on.
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and his hard work. He reminds us that an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. Antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred are a poison. We ripped antisemitism out of the Labour party, and I have worked as Prime Minister to root it out of our country. Just this week, we invested a record £250 million to protect our Jewish communities, and we are using the new powers we have introduced to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, going after those who incite violence on our streets. Everyone deserves to live with security, dignity and freedom. That is a fight that I and every Labour Government and those across this House will never give up on.
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and his hard work. He reminds us that an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. Antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred are a poison. We ripped antisemitism out of the Labour party, and I have worked as Prime Minister to root it out of our country. Just this week, we invested a record £250 million to protect our Jewish communities, and we are using the new powers we have introduced to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, going after those who incite violence on our streets. Everyone deserves to live with security, dignity and freedom. That is a fight that I and every Labour Government and those across this House will never give up on.
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Matt Turmaine (Watford) (Lab):
It was an honour to march with people from across Watford on a peace walk in my constituency recently. Earlier this year, we saw an attack on our high street. A fire was lit at a Jewish-owned shop, and the shop was sprayed with antisemitic graffiti. Additionally, mosques in Watford have been subjected to Islamophobic attacks and intimidation. I welcome my right hon. and learned Friend the Prime Minister’s additional support to deal with antisemitism and anti-religious hatred. Does he agree that this House must come together to stand united against those who would seek to divide us?
Recent attacks on our Jewish communities are completely unacceptable. An attack on our Jewish community is an attack on us all, and we must take the safety of our Jewish community very seriously. Jewish people must feel safe and Government will strain every sinew to ensure that is the case.
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Recent attacks on our Jewish communities are completely unacceptable. An attack on our Jewish community is an attack on us all, and we must take the safety of our Jewish community very seriously. Jewish people must feel safe and Government will strain every sinew to ensure that is the case.
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My hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
Recent attacks on our Jewish communities are completely unacceptable. An attack on our Jewish community is an attack on us all, and we must take the safety of our Jewish...
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
Recent attacks on our Jewish communities are completely unacceptable. An attack on our Jewish community is an attack on us all, and we must take the safety of our Jewish...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will update and publish a new hate crime action plan.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will update and publish a new hate crime action plan.
On 9 March 2026, the Government published Protecting What Matters, which outlines our approach to improving social cohesion, including the steps we are taking to combat hate crime.
The Government is currently prioritising the implementation of measures outlined in Protecting What Matters, as well as continuing existing programmes to address hate crime and religious hatred.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the retention, review and deletion of historic non-crime hate incident records following the replacement of the non-crime hate incident system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the retention, review and deletion of historic non-crime hate incident records following the replacement of the non-crime hate incident system.
Under the replacement system proposed by the College of Policing and National Police Chiefs’ Council in their joint review of non-crime hate incidents, hate-related non-criminal behaviour will be recorded only where there is a clear policing purpose, and then within existing anti-social behaviour frameworks using prejudice qualifiers.
The Government has no plans to change the arrangements for the retention, review or deletion of historic non-crime hate incident records under the new approach.
The review did not recommend the blanket deletion of historic records, as this could result in the loss of information that, in some circumstances, may remain relevant to safeguarding and risk management decisions.
In addition, a wholesale review of historic records for deletion would require a significant manual assessment of records, diverting police resources from core duties.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve support and protection for victims of hate crimes, including monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve support and protection for victims of hate crimes, including monitoring and reporting mechanisms.
There is robust legislative framework in place to respond to hate crimes which target race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and transgender identity.
The Government funds an online hate crime reporting portal, True Vision, designed so victims of all types of hate crime do not have to visit a police station to report. We also fund the National Online Hate Crime Hub, which supports police forces in investigating and responding to online hate crime.
The Government also funds Victim Support to provide immediate and free online help for victims of all crime types, including hate crime, available 24 hours a day. Support is available anonymously and regardless of whether an incident was reported to the police.
The Home Office monitors hate crime through annual statistics on police-recorded hate crime in England and Wales. These are complemented by estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), which helps capture incidents not reported to the police.
On 9 March 2026, the Government published Protecting What Matters, which outlines our approach to improving social cohesion, including the steps we are taking to combat hate crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of regional variation in arrests and prosecutions relating to antisemitic hate crime offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of regional variation in arrests and prosecutions relating to antisemitic hate crime offences.
The Home Office publishes data on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales, including the total number of offences by Police Force Area (found here: Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK). This provides insight into geographic variation overall, as well as by the strand of hostility motivating the offence. Detailed breakdowns, by Police Force Area, for hate crime offences targeted at Jewish people are not published.
Data on arrests and prosecutions are held operationally by police forces and the Crown Prosecution Service and are not routinely published in a way that allows consistent assessment of regional variation for antisemitic offences. Accordingly, no central assessment of variation has been made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to require universities to report incidents of antisemitism and other hate crimes to the Office for Students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to require universities to report incidents of antisemitism and other hate crimes to the Office for Students.
The government is clear that antisemitism has no place in higher education (HE).
HE providers are autonomous institutions and are responsible for preventing and responding to harassment, hate crime and discrimination. The Office for Students (OfS), as the independent regulator for HE in England, monitors compliance with regulatory requirements.
Universities should maintain clear policies and disciplinary procedures to address antisemitism. On 5 May, my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, called on universities to demonstrate the action they are taking to tackle antisemitism on campus. Institutions are now expected to publish information on levels of antisemitism and the steps taken to address incidents.
Providers should continue to record incidents appropriately, support those affected and refer potential criminal offences to the police where necessary.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing enforceable minimum standards for universities’ investigation of hate crime incidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing enforceable minimum standards for universities’ investigation of hate crime incidents.
Higher education (HE) providers are autonomous institutions and are responsible for investigating incidents that occur within their communities. The government expects providers to have effective procedures in place to prevent and respond to hate crime, harassment and discrimination.
The department has not made an assessment of the merits of introducing enforceable minimum standards specifically for universities’ investigation of hate crime incidents. Providers are already subject to a range of legal and regulatory requirements, including duties under the Equality Act 2010, while the Office for Students (OfS) regulates registered providers in England and monitors compliance with its conditions of registration.
The government will continue to work with the HE sector and the OfS to help ensure that students can study in an environment that is safe, inclusive and free from harassment, hatred and discrimination.