Racial and Religious Hatred

Home Department written question – answered at on 13 February 2006.

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Photo of Dawn Butler Dawn Butler PPS (Rt Hon Jane Kennedy, Minister of State), Department of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government plan to take to ensure that no undue arrests are made under the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill once that Bill becomes law.

Photo of Paul Goggins Paul Goggins Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office

The question of arrests under the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill when it is brought into force will be entirely a matter for the police. The Home Office will issue guidance for the police and other criminal justice agencies prior to commencement.

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