Schedule - Hatred against persons on racial or religious grounds
Racial and Religious Hatred Bill
4:30 pm
Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 4, in schedule, page 2, line 11, leave out first ‘religious’.
No. 6, in schedule, page 2, line 11, leave out first ‘religious’ and insert ‘religion or’.
No. 5, in schedule, page 2, line 11, leave out second ‘religious’.
No. 7, in schedule, page 2, line 11, leave out second ‘religious’ and insert ‘religion or’.
No. 24, in schedule, page 2, line 12, at end insert—
‘17BMeaning of “religious belief”
For the purposes of section 17A a religious belief is confined to—
(a)Christianity;
(b)Islam;
(c)Hinduism;
(d)Judaism;
(e)Buddhism;
(f)Sikhism;
(g)Rastafarianism;
(h)Baha’ism;
(i)Zoroastrianism;
(j)Jainism.’.
No. 25, in schedule, page 2, line 12, at end insert—
‘17BGroups not protected by Part 3
For the purposes of section 17A any group of persons holding the following religious beliefs or lack of religious belief shall not enjoy the protection of this part of the Act—
(a)Satanists;
(b)believers in human sacrifice to propitiate a deity;
(c)believers in animal sacrifice to propitiate a deity;
(d)believers in female genital mutilation to live in accordance with the rules of a religion;
(e)believers in violence as a means of proselytising a belief;
(f)believers in the supremacy or superiority of one race over another;
(g)believers in the supremacy or superiority of one gender over another;
(h)Scientologists;
(i)Jedi Knights.’.