What the timescale is for implementing the recommendations of the report of the Cross-Party Working Group on Religious Hatred, Tackling Rel…

Answered Asked by Chris Ballance Green Lodged 18 Aug 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale is for implementing the recommendations of the report of the Cross-Party Working Group on Religious Hatred, Tackling Religious Hatred, and whether it will involve voluntary organisations, such as Nil by Mouth, in implementing these recommendations.

The answer

Answered by Margaret Curran on 25 Sep 2003 · 38 days after it was lodged, 10 days after it was due

The working group's report supportedadjustment to the legal framework in relation to religious hatred. Provisions onoffences aggravated by religious prejudice were included in the Criminal Justice(Scotland) Act 2003 and came into effect on 27 June 2003.Nil by Mouth gave evidence during Stage 2 of the bill that they were in favour of the provisions.
Havingassessed responses to the other recommendations in the working group’s report, weare currently considering the way forward and will make an announcement in due course.As is the case with all respondents, we carefullyconsidered Nil by Mouth's response and will take their views into account.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-02103 by reference.