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.
This Bill would treat misogyny as an aggravating factor in sentencing, so crimes motivated by hostility to women could attract tougher penalties. It would also require police forces to record hate crimes that are motivated by misogyny, improving data and understanding of these crimes. The provisions are intended to support related measures to implement these aims.
The Bill is at its second reading in the House of Commons, having been introduced in the Commons by Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat).
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The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
