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After Clause 54 - Intimidatory offences aggravated by sex or gender

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:56 pm on 28 March 2022.

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  • Division number 232
    A majority of MPs voted not to create a new offence of harassment aggravated by hostility towards sex or gender but to require the Government to respond, within a year, to a recommendation that "sex or gender should not be added as a protected characteristic for the purposes of aggravated offences and enhanced sentencing".

Motion made, and Question put,

That this House disagrees with the Lords in their amendment 72B and proposes amendments (a) and (b) in lieu.—(Kit Malthouse.)

Division number 232 Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill — After Clause 54 — Intimidatory Offences Aggravated by Sex or Gender

A majority of MPs voted not to create a new offence of harassment aggravated by hostility towards sex or gender but to require the Government to respond, within a year, to a recommendation that "sex or gender should not be added as a protected characteristic for the purposes of aggravated offences and enhanced sentencing".

Aye: 279 MPs

No: 149 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 217 MPs

Abstained: 1 MP

Absent: A-Z by last name

Abstained: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 283, Noes 148.

Question accordingly agreed to.