5. Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Tackling LGBT Hate Crime

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:12 pm on 23 October 2019.

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Photo of Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru 4:12, 23 October 2019

Will the Minister take an intervention? I'm really pleased to hear you say that you'll be making those representations. Of course, one of the protected characteristics where violence against the persons holding that protected characteristic is not treated as a hate crime is violence against women. Do you believe that there may be a case? I wouldn't ask you to postpone—I'd ask you to consider the action on the others—but I'd ask you to consider whether the time has come to make violence against women treatable as a hate crime as well, because, after all, misogyny is one of the deepest and most deep-rooted prejudices in our society today.