11/18/2008
Written evidence on the Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill
This is the Equality Network's written submission to the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, for stage 1 of the Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill (the hate crime bill).
On May 19th 2008,
Patrick Harvie MSP
introduced the
Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Bill
in the Scottish Parliament. The bill will for the first time recognise homophobic, transphobic and disability-related hate crime in Scotland. It is currently being considered by the Justice and Equal Opportunities Committees of the Parliament, who issued a
call for evidence
on the bill.
Attached below you can find the written evidence submitted by the Equality Network.