That this House condemns the increase in recorded disability hate crime across the UK; notes with concern that, despite an overall drop on the previous year, there were more than 10,000 incidents recorded in England and Wales in the year to March 2024, with conviction rates for violent offences at just 1%; further notes with concern the increase in disability hate crime in Scotland; supports the work of charities including United Response in raising awareness of the impact of this crime; commends their recent survey on the impact of disability hate crime on public transport; expresses its shock at the scale of this issue, with 24% of those surveyed experiencing disability hate crime in the previous quarter, but just a third felt comfortable enough to report the incident to the authorities; and calls on the Government to introduce a statutory aggravated offence for disability hate crime.
Signatories (43)
- Christine Jardine Sponsor
- Lisa Smart
- Wera Hobhouse
- Helen Maguire
- Adam Dance
- Brian Mathew
- Jess Brown-Fuller
- Shockat Adam
- Jim Shannon
- Sarah Gibson
- Martin Wrigley
- Ben Lake
- Liz Saville Roberts
- Ann Davies
- Llinos Medi
- Claire Young
- Sarah Dyke
- Pippa Heylings
- Edward Morello
- Siân Berry
- Ayoub Khan
- Mr Angus MacDonald
- Ellie Chowns
- Zöe Franklin
- Rachael Maskell
- Bob Blackman
- Rebecca Long Bailey
- David Chadwick
- Clive Jones
- Ian Sollom
- Tom Gordon
- Anna Sabine
- Liz Jarvis
- Mr Will Forster
- Chris Coghlan
- Mr Lee Dillon
- Andrew George
- Nadia Whittome
- Gideon Amos
- John McDonnell
- Munira Wilson
- Ben Maguire
- Adrian Ramsay