Racial and Religious Hatred Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 11 October 2005, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Falconer of Thoroton. The answering member was Lord Hunt of Wirral.

Racial and Religious Hatred Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question. (Part 1 of 2).

About these Parliamentary proceedings

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2005-06

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 674 c162-3 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords, it is not. The problem with the Public Order Act is where you are addressing people ot...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 674 c161-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Scotland of Asthal, I beg to move that this Bill be now ...

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Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 674 c164 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I might finish this part and then deal with the noble Earl’s question. When consi...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 674 c163-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in relation to words such as ““hatred””, no; we do not intend to produce any definition in...

Lord Wedderburn of Charlton | 674 c163 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble and learned friend for his summary of the nature of the Bill, so...

Lord Dubs | 674 c166 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with regard to the Sikh play ““Behzti””, the net effect was that a mob stopped it being sh...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 674 c164-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what I said in relation to that was that in a democratic society certain religious beliefs...

Earl of Onslow | 674 c164 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt so early in the debate. The noble Lord opposite asked for definiti...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 674 c166 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble and learned Lord will be aware that there is some confusion on this point. The G...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 674 c166-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are not. The reason why there is particular focus on those people is because they incit...

Lord Hunt of Wirral | 674 c168 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord for giving way, but he has not yet dealt with ...

Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 674 c169 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before my noble and learned friend sits down, perhaps he will help us with some examples o...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 674 c168-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, referred to the oddity, as he put it, of taking measu...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 674 c170-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord the Lord Chancellor for his exposition of the Bill, whi...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 674 c169-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can give two examples of what I do not believe would be covered. The first is the exampl...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 674 c172 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for wrinkling my magisterial brow. I did not mean to and I did not aim to upse...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 674 c171-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my personal sympathy to the noble Baroness, Lady Scotland, and send my good wishes t...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 674 c175 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not speaking as a Back-Bencher and therefore I am perfectly entitled to make a full s...

Lord Mackay of Clashfern | 674 c175-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, because of the position from which I was speaking I was perhaps unduly hurried by the cloc...

Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 674 c172-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am never upset by the noble and learned Lord. However, what I have described is most unf...

Lord Waddington | 674 c162 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, strictly speaking, that is quite untrue, is it not, because the Public Order Act prevents ...

Lord Falconer of Thoroton | 674 c166 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree, my Lords, but the one thing that did not damage freedom of speech was the inciteme...