Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01737 · Session 5

Review of hate crime legislation and security funding in Scotland

Closed Submitted 18 Jul 2019 People & Communities
Signatures
25
308 online signatures with a country
Comments
27
Considered
2 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to address increasing levels of hate crime in Scotland by providing security funding similar to that in place in England and Wales.

What the petitioner did first

Contacted the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 19 Sep 2019
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 5 Mar 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

308 online signatures
  1. Scotland202 65.6%
  2. United Kingdom70 22.7%
  3. England26 8.4%
  4. India7 2.3%
  5. Wales1 0.3%
  6. Ireland1 0.3%
  7. Canada1 0.3%

Comments

27 comments, oldest first
  1. Dillip Kumar Patnaik 18 Jul 2019
    In recent time, there were few vandalised incidents happened in Edinburgh Hindu temple and gurudwara.
  2. Dilip Sharma 18 Jul 2019
    Educate people about worship and tell them that the worship should not be related to religion.
  3. Sumit Gupta 19 Jul 2019
    Yes, their has been several instances of hate crime in the Edinburgh Hindu Mandir and community centre. To avoid it in future better security arrangements as well as support from the government is required.
  4. Subhash Naha-Biswas 19 Jul 2019
    I support the petition
  5. Abhishek Singh 19 Jul 2019
    security funding for temple
  6. Tarang Shelat 19 Jul 2019
    All places of worship need to be safe, free from violence and threats. Any funding available to secure the building should be given to all faiths.
  7. Rakesh Soni 21 Jul 2019
    Security is necessory
  8. Himanshu Tripathi 21 Jul 2019
    Temple security need to be beefed up so that we feel more secure.
  9. Reetesh Setia 22 Jul 2019
    in complete support for the petition
  10. Shivendra Dubey 22 Jul 2019
    I support this petition for the Review of hate crime legislation and security funding in Scotland
  11. Vijay Kumar 23 Jul 2019
    Agree with Puneeth as it's an important aspect of public safety.
  12. Radhika Bhalerao 25 Jul 2019
    The hindu temple needs complete security, as there has been incidents of theft and trespassing. Serious security measures are required by the Law to curb such incidents.
  13. Ankur sharma 25 Jul 2019
    We feel insecure sometime going yo temple..pls address this concern
  14. Hema Solanki 27 Jul 2019
    Hate crimes
    - Put an end to this
  15. Sudeep Sakalle 27 Jul 2019
    I support the petition, the promise and intentions must match actions.
  16. Gourav Manchanda 28 Jul 2019
    In complete support of this petition
  17. Ramchander Dugyala 28 Jul 2019
    I support this petition for the review of hate crime legislation
  18. Rashmi Mishra 29 Jul 2019
    Enough is Enough
  19. Jhoola Sharma 30 Jul 2019
    I support this petition
  20. NATHANI SRINIVASULU 30 Jul 2019
    Protest hundus
  21. pallavi shukla 30 Jul 2019
    I sipport
  22. Sree keerthi 30 Jul 2019
    I want my other fellow humans to be safe and happy.
  23. Ruhina Aslam 1 Aug 2019
    Good Initiative, the place of worship should be free from hatred and Govt should provide fund to secure these place.
  24. Brian MCCARTHY 1 Aug 2019
    All places of worship should be safe..not just few.
  25. sangeeta sharma 4 Aug 2019
    i support this petition
  26. RAJAN KUMAR 10 Aug 2019
    I support this petition.
  27. Satish kumar gosi 10 Aug 2019
    I support this petition