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NDM7281 Debate: Progress On Tackling Hate Crime
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Meeting: 03/03/2020 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 10)
Debate: Progress on Tackling Hate Crime
NDM7281 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Agrees there is no place for hate crime in
Wales.
2. Notes the efforts of the Welsh Government
and partners to tackle hate crime by increasing the confidence of victims to
come forward, improving the way hate crime is recorded and working with
communities to prevent hate crime in future.
3. Supports the work of the Welsh Government
and partners to ensure victims receive dedicated advice and care.
4. Recognises that tackling hate crime
remains a high priority for the Welsh Government.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Notes the UK Government’s hate crime action
plan which applies to England and Wales.
Amendment 2 - Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Regrets the 17 per cent increase in recorded
hate crimes across Wales last year, compared to an overall 10 per cent increase
across the whole of England and Wales.
Amendment 3 - Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
Add as new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that
preventing hate crime is a key strategic driver in the planning and creation of
a Welsh justice system.
Minutes:
The item started at 17.56
Voting on the
motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM7281 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Agrees there is no place for hate crime in Wales.
2. Notes the efforts of the Welsh Government and partners to tackle hate
crime by increasing the confidence of victims to come forward, improving the
way hate crime is recorded and working with communities to prevent hate crime
in future.
3. Supports the work of the Welsh Government and partners to ensure
victims receive dedicated advice and care.
4. Recognises that tackling hate crime remains a high priority for the
Welsh Government.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at
end of motion:
Notes the UK
Government’s hate crime action plan which applies to England and Wales.
UK Government -
Action Against Hate: The UK Government’s plan for tackling hate crime - ‘two
years on'
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
49 |
0 |
1 |
50 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
Amendment 2 - Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new point at
end of motion:
Regrets the 17 per
cent increase in recorded hate crimes across Wales last year, compared to an
overall 10 per cent increase across the whole of England and Wales.
A vote was taken on
amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
42 |
7 |
1 |
50 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
Amendment
3 - Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
Add
as new point at end of motion:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to ensure that preventing hate crime is a key strategic
driver in the planning and creation of a Welsh justice system.
A vote was taken on
amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
35 |
4 |
11 |
50 |
Amendment 3 was agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7281 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
1. Agrees there is no place for hate crime in Wales.
2. Notes the efforts of the Welsh Government and partners to tackle hate
crime by increasing the confidence of victims to come forward, improving the
way hate crime is recorded and working with communities to prevent hate crime
in future.
3. Supports the work of the Welsh Government and partners to ensure
victims receive dedicated advice and care.
4. Recognises that tackling hate crime remains a high priority for the
Welsh Government.
5. Notes the UK
Government’s hate crime action plan which applies to England and Wales.
6. Regrets the 17
per cent increase in recorded hate crimes across Wales last year, compared to
an overall 10 per cent increase across the whole of England and Wales.
7. Calls on the Welsh Government to ensure that preventing hate crime is
a key strategic driver in the planning and creation of a Welsh justice system.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
37 |
4 |
9 |
50 |
The motion as amended was agreed.