UKIP supports the motion and the amendments, but I want to deal right at the very start of my short contribution with the canard that we’ve heard a few times in the debate today about the influence of Brexit upon the prevalence of hate crimes. Well, there’s no point in going back over the arguments on the numbers immediately post the referendum, because the National Police Chief’s Council has released the data for the period since the referendum, up to the end of August. Mark Hamilton—no relation—assistant chief constable says,

‘We have seen continued decreases in reports of hate crimes to forces and these reports have now returned to formerly seen levels for 2016. For this reason, we will return to our previous reporting procedures and will no longer be requiring weekly updates from forces.’

So, if there was a spike immediately after the referendum, then it has disappeared.