A Bill to make motivation by misogyny an aggravating factor in criminal sentencing; to require police forces to record hate crimes motivated by misogyny; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Wera HobhouseLiberal Democrat
4 May 2022
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This bill would make acts motivated by misogyny an aggravating factor in criminal sentencing and require police forces to record hate crimes motivated by misogyny. It aims to improve data and scrutiny of misogynistic crime and is currently at the second reading stage in the House of Commons, having been introduced in 2021 by Wera Hobhouse of the Liberal Democrats.
The bill is at its second reading in the House of Commons. It was first introduced in 2021 and has since been considered at the early stages of parliamentary scrutiny (2nd reading held in May 2022).
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6 May 2022
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
