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Scotland: controversial hate crime bill passes stage two and moves to final stage
16 February 2021
Today MSPs on the Justice Committee at Holyrood passed the Scottish Government's controversial hate crime bill at Stage Two which means the legislation now moves to its final stage.
Govt to appoint new free speech champion for higher education
15 February 2021
The UK Government is planning to appoint a ‘free speech champion’ for higher education and are also planning to change the law to protect free speech in universities.
Plans to criminalise offensive words in private dwellings dropped by Law chiefs
10 February 2021
Controversial proposals to criminalise ‘hate speech’ in people’s private homes have been dropped by the Law Commission after a backlash.
Hate Crime Bill: Committee approves further changes but still no dwelling defence
9 February 2021
Today MSPs on the Justice Committee made further changes to the Scottish Government's highly controversial hate crime bill.
Major free speech concerns remain over hate crime bill
2 February 2021
MSPs on the Justice Committee at the Scottish Parliament debated amendments to the Scottish Government's controversial hate crime bill today.
Scotland: hate crime bill set for further scrutiny from MSPs
28 January 2021
The Scottish Government's controversial hate crime bill will receive further scrutiny from MSPs, starting on Tuesday 1 February.
