Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill — After Clause 54 — Intimidatory Offences Aggravated by Sex or Gender — 28 Mar 2022 at 19:56

The majority of MPs voted not to create a new offence of harassment aggravated by hostility towards sex or gender but to require the Government to respond, within a year, to a recommendation that "sex or gender should not be added as a protected characteristic for the purposes of aggravated offences and enhanced sentencing".

MPs were considering the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.[1][2]

The motion supported by a majority of MPs in this vote was:

  • That this House disagrees with the Lords in their amendment 72B and proposes amendments (a) and (b) in lieu.

Lords amendment 72B began:[4]

  • After Clause 54, insert the following new Clause—
  • Intimidatory offences aggravated by sex or gender
  • (1) A person must not commit an act—
  • (a) which amounts to harassment or intimidation of another,
  • (b) which he or she knows or ought to know amounts to harassment or intimidation of the other, and
  • (c) which is aggravated by hostility towards sex or gender.
  • (2) For the purposes of this section, the person whose act is in question ought to know that it amounts to or involves harassment or intimidation of another if a reasonable person in possession of the same information would think the act amounted to harassment or intimidation of the other.
  • (3) Subsection (1) or (2) does not apply to an act if the person who pursued it shows—
  • (a) that it was pursued for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime,
  • (b) that it was pursued under any enactment or rule of law or to comply with any condition or requirement imposed by any person under any enactment, or
  • (c) that in the particular circumstances the conduct was reasonable.
  • (4) A person who commits an act in breach of subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.
  • ...

The clause continued with details of provisions relating to sentencing, interpretation and the reporting of statistics.

Commons amendments (a) and (b) in lieu stated:[5]

(a):

  • Page 46, line 35, at end insert the following new Clause—
  • "Response to Law Commission report on hate crime laws
  • (1) The Secretary of State must, before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—
  • (a) prepare and publish a response to Recommendation 8 of the Law Commission report on hate crime (adding sex or gender as a protected characteristic for the purposes of aggravated offences and enhanced sentencing), and
  • (b) lay the response before Parliament.
  • (2) In this section “the Law Commission report on hate crime” means the Law Commission report “Hate Crime Laws” that was published on 7 December 2021.”

(b):

  • Page 195, line 27, at end insert—
  • “(ka) section (Response to Law Commission report on hate crime laws);”

Amendment (b) relates to commencement and provides for the provision in amendment (a) to come into force on the day on which the Act is passed.

Recommendation 8 of the Law Commission report on hate crime stated:[6]

  • We recommend that sex or gender should not be added as a protected characteristic for the purposes of aggravated offences and enhanced sentencing.

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Stephen FarryNorth DownAllianceno
Nigel AdamsSelby and AinstyConaye
Bim AfolamiHitchin and HarpendenConaye
Adam AfriyieWindsorConaye
Nickie AikenCities of London and WestminsterConaye
Peter AldousWaveneyConaye
Lee AndersonAshfieldwhilst Conaye
Stuart AndrewPudseyConaye
Caroline AnsellEastbourneConaye
Edward ArgarCharnwoodConaye
Victoria AtkinsLouth and HorncastleConaye
Gareth BaconOrpingtonConaye
Richard BaconSouth NorfolkConaye
Kemi BadenochSaffron WaldenConaye
Shaun BaileyWest Bromwich WestConaye
Duncan BakerNorth NorfolkConaye
Steven BakerWycombeConaye
Harriett BaldwinWest WorcestershireConaye
Steve BarclayNorth East CambridgeshireConaye
Simon BaynesClwyd SouthConaye
Aaron BellNewcastle-under-LymeConaye
Paul BeresfordMole ValleyConaye
Jake BerryRossendale and DarwenConaye
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastConaye
Crispin BluntReigateConaye
Peter BoneWellingboroughwhilst Conaye
Andrew BowieWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineConaye
Ben BradleyMansfieldConaye
Jack BreretonStoke-on-Trent SouthConaye
Andrew BridgenNorth West Leicestershirewhilst Conaye
Steve BrineWinchesterConaye
Paul BristowPeterboroughConaye
Sara BritcliffeHyndburnConaye
Anthony BrowneSouth CambridgeshireConaye
Fiona BruceCongletonConaye
Felicity BuchanKensingtonConaye
Robert BucklandSouth SwindonConaye
Alex BurghartBrentwood and OngarConaye
Conor BurnsBournemouth WestConaye
Rob ButlerAylesburyConaye
Alun CairnsVale of GlamorganConaye
Andy CarterWarrington SouthConaye
James CartlidgeSouth SuffolkConaye
Bill CashStoneConaye
Miriam CatesPenistone and StocksbridgeConaye
Maria CaulfieldLewesConaye
Alex ChalkCheltenhamConaye
Rehman ChishtiGillingham and RainhamConaye
Christopher ChopeChristchurchConaye
Greg ClarkTunbridge WellsConaye
Simon ClarkeMiddlesbrough South and East ClevelandConaye
Theo ClarkeStaffordConaye
Brendan Clarke-SmithBassetlawConaye
Chris ClarksonHeywood and MiddletonConaye
James CleverlyBraintreeConaye
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownThe CotswoldsConaye
Therese CoffeySuffolk CoastalConaye
Elliot ColburnCarshalton and WallingtonConaye
Damian CollinsFolkestone and HytheConaye
Robert CourtsWitneyConaye
Claire CoutinhoEast SurreyConaye
Virginia CrosbieYnys MônConaye
Tracey CrouchChatham and AylesfordConaye
James DalyBury NorthConaye
David DaviesMonmouthConaye
Gareth DaviesGrantham and StamfordConaye
James DaviesVale of ClwydConaye
Mims DaviesMid SussexConaye
Dehenna DavisonBishop AucklandConaye
Caroline DinenageGosportConaye
Jonathan DjanoglyHuntingdonConaye
Leo DochertyAldershotConaye
Michelle DonelanChippenhamConaye
Oliver DowdenHertsmereConaye
Richard DraxSouth DorsetConaye
Flick DrummondMeon ValleyConaye
James DuddridgeRochford and Southend EastConaye
David DuguidBanff and BuchanConaye
Iain Duncan SmithChingford and Woodford GreenConaye
Philip DunneLudlowConaye
Mark EastwoodDewsburyConaye
Ruth EdwardsRushcliffeConaye
Michael EllisNorthampton NorthConaye
Natalie ElphickeDoverwhilst Conaye
George EusticeCamborne and RedruthConaye
Luke EvansBosworthConaye
Ben EverittMilton Keynes NorthConaye
Michael FabricantLichfieldConaye
Laura FarrisNewburyConaye
Simon FellBarrow and FurnessConaye
Anna FirthSouthend WestConaye
Katherine FletcherSouth RibbleConaye
Mark FletcherBolsoverConaye
Nicholas FletcherDon ValleyConaye
Vicky FordChelmsfordConaye
Kevin FosterTorbayConaye
Liam FoxNorth SomersetConaye
Lucy FrazerSouth East CambridgeshireConaye
George FreemanMid NorfolkConaye
Louie FrenchOld Bexley and SidcupConaye
Richard FullerNorth East BedfordshireConaye
Marcus FyshYeovilConaye
Roger GaleNorth ThanetConaye
Mark GarnierWyre ForestConaye
Peter GibsonDarlingtonConaye
Jo GideonStoke-on-Trent CentralConaye
Robert GoodwillScarborough and WhitbyConaye
Michael GoveSurrey HeathConaye
Richard GrahamGloucesterConaye
James GrayNorth WiltshireConaye
Chris GreenBolton WestConaye
Damian GreenAshfordConaye
Andrew GriffithArundel and South DownsConaye
James GrundyLeighConaye
Jonathan GullisStoke-on-Trent NorthConaye
Robert HalfonHarlowConaye
Luke HallThornbury and YateConaye
Stephen HammondWimbledonConaye
Matthew HancockWest Suffolkwhilst Conaye
Mark HarperForest of DeanConaye
Rebecca HarrisCastle PointConaye
Trudy HarrisonCopelandConaye
Sally-Ann HartHastings and RyeConaye
Simon HartCarmarthen West and South PembrokeshireConaye
John HayesSouth Holland and The DeepingsConaye
Oliver HealdNorth East HertfordshireConaye
Chris Heaton-HarrisDaventryConaye
Gordon HendersonSittingbourne and SheppeyConaye
Antony HigginbothamBurnleyConaye
Damian HindsEast HampshireConaye
Simon HoareNorth DorsetConaye
Richard HoldenNorth West DurhamConaye
Kevin HollinrakeThirsk and MaltonConaye
Philip HolloboneKetteringConaye
Adam HollowayGraveshamConaye
Paul HolmesEastleighConaye
John HowellHenleyConaye
Nigel HuddlestonMid WorcestershireConaye
Neil HudsonPenrith and The BorderConaye
Jane HuntLoughboroughConaye
Jeremy HuntSouth West SurreyConaye
Tom HuntIpswichConaye
Alister JackDumfries and GallowayConaye
Sajid JavidBromsgroveConaye
Ranil JayawardenaNorth East HampshireConaye
Robert JenrickNewarkConaye
Dr Caroline JohnsonSleaford and North HykehamConaye
Gareth JohnsonDartfordContellaye
David JohnstonWantageConaye
Andrew JonesHarrogate and KnaresboroughConaye
David JonesClwyd WestConaye
Fay JonesBrecon and RadnorshireConaye
Marcus JonesNuneatonConaye
Simon JuppEast DevonConaye
Daniel KawczynskiShrewsbury and AtchamConaye
Alicia KearnsRutland and MeltonConaye
Gillian KeeganChichesterConaye
Julian KnightSolihullwhilst Conaye
Kate KnivetonBurtonConaye
Danny KrugerDevizesConaye
Kwasi KwartengSpelthorneConaye
John LamontBerwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkConaye
Robert LarganHigh PeakConaye
Pauline LathamMid DerbyshireConaye
Andrea LeadsomSouth NorthamptonshireConaye
Edward LeighGainsboroughConaye
Andrew LewerNorthampton SouthConaye
Brandon LewisGreat YarmouthConaye
Julian LewisNew Forest Eastwhilst Conaye
Ian Liddell-GraingerBridgwater and West SomersetConaye
Mark LoganBolton North EastConaye
Marco LonghiDudley NorthConaye
Julia LopezHornchurch and UpminsterConaye
Jonathan LordWokingConaye
Tim LoughtonEast Worthing and ShorehamConaye
Craig MackinlaySouth ThanetConaye
Cherilyn MackroryTruro and FalmouthConaye
Rachel MacleanRedditchConaye
Alan MakHavantConaye
Kit MalthouseNorth West HampshireConaye
Anthony MangnallTotnesConaye
Paul MaynardBlackpool North and CleveleysConaye
Karl McCartneyLincolnConaye
Stephen McPartlandStevenageConaye
Huw MerrimanBexhill and BattleConaye
Stephen MetcalfeSouth Basildon and East ThurrockConaye
Robin MillarAberconwyConaye
Maria MillerBasingstokeConaye
Nigel MillsAmber ValleyConaye
Damien MooreSouthportConaye
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Penny MordauntPortsmouth NorthConaye
David MorrisMorecambe and LunesdaleConaye
James MorrisHalesowen and Rowley RegisConaye
Jill MortimerHartlepoolConaye
Wendy MortonAldridge-BrownhillsConaye
Kieran MullanCrewe and NantwichConaye
Holly Mumby-CroftScunthorpeConaye
David MundellDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleConaye
Sheryll MurraySouth East CornwallConaye
Lia NiciGreat GrimsbyConaye
Jesse NormanHereford and South HerefordshireConaye
Neil O'BrienHarboroughConaye
Matthew OffordHendonConaye
Neil ParishTiverton and HonitonConaye
Mark PawseyRugbyConaye
Mike PenningHemel HempsteadConaye
John PenroseWeston-Super-MareConaye
Andrew PercyBrigg and GooleConaye
Chris PhilpCroydon SouthConaye
Christopher PincherTamworthwhilst Conaye
Rebecca PowTaunton DeaneConaye
Tom PursgloveCorbyConaye
Jeremy QuinHorshamConaye
Dominic RaabEsher and WaltonConaye
Tom RandallGedlingConaye
John RedwoodWokinghamConaye
Jacob Rees-MoggNorth East SomersetConaye
Angela RichardsonGuildfordConaye
Laurence RobertsonTewkesburyConaye
Andrew RosindellRomfordConaye
Douglas RossMorayConaye
Lee RowleyNorth East DerbyshireConaye
Dean RussellWatfordConaye
Selaine SaxbyNorth DevonConaye
Paul ScullySutton and CheamConaye
Bob SeelyIsle of WightConaye
Andrew SelousSouth West BedfordshireConaye
Alec ShelbrookeElmet and RothwellConaye
Chris SkidmoreKingswoodConaye
Chloe SmithNorwich NorthConaye
Greg SmithBuckinghamConaye
Henry SmithCrawleyConaye
Julian SmithSkipton and RiponConaye
Royston SmithSouthampton, ItchenConaye
Amanda SollowayDerby NorthConaye
Ben SpencerRunnymede and WeybridgeConaye
Mark SpencerSherwoodConaye
Jane StevensonWolverhampton North EastConaye
John StevensonCarlisleConaye
Bob StewartBeckenhamConaye
Iain StewartMilton Keynes SouthConaye
Mel StrideCentral DevonConaye
Graham StuartBeverley and HoldernessConaye
Julian SturdyYork OuterConaye
James SunderlandBracknellConaye
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestConaye
Robert SymsPooleConaye
Derek ThomasSt IvesConaye
Maggie ThroupErewashConaye
Edward TimpsonEddisburyConaye
Kelly TolhurstRochester and StroodConaye
Justin TomlinsonNorth SwindonConaye
Michael TomlinsonMid Dorset and North PooleContellaye
Craig TraceyNorth WarwickshireConaye
Laura TrottSevenoaksConaye
Thomas TugendhatTonbridge and MallingConaye
Shailesh VaraNorth West CambridgeshireConaye
Martin VickersCleethorpesConaye
Matt VickersStockton SouthConaye
Theresa VilliersChipping BarnetConaye
Robin WalkerWorcesterConaye
Jamie WallisBridgendConaye
David WarburtonSomerton and FromeConaye
Matt WarmanBoston and SkegnessConaye
Giles WatlingClactonConaye
Suzanne WebbStourbridgeConaye
Helen WhatelyFaversham and Mid KentConaye
Heather WheelerSouth DerbyshireConaye
Craig WhittakerCalder ValleyConaye
Bill WigginNorth HerefordshireConaye
James WildNorth West NorfolkConaye
Craig WilliamsMontgomeryshireConaye
Gavin WilliamsonSouth StaffordshireConaye
Mike WoodDudley SouthConaye
Jeremy WrightKenilworth and SouthamConaye
Jacob YoungRedcarConaye
Nadhim ZahawiStratford-on-AvonConaye
Ian Paisley JnrNorth AntrimDUPaye
Gavin RobinsonBelfast EastDUPaye
Jim ShannonStrangfordDUPaye
Sammy WilsonEast AntrimDUPaye
Caroline LucasBrighton, PavilionGreenno
Jeremy CorbynIslington Northwhilst Independentno
Jonathan EdwardsCarmarthen East and Dinefwrwhilst Independentno
Diane AbbottHackney North and Stoke Newingtonwhilst Labno
Rosena Allin-KhanTootingLabno
Mike AmesburyWeaver ValeLabno
Tonia AntoniazziGowerLabno
Jon AshworthLeicester SouthLabno
Paula BarkerLiverpool, WavertreeLabno
Margaret BeckettDerby SouthLabno
Apsana BegumPoplar and LimehouseLabno
Clive BettsSheffield South EastLabno
Olivia BlakeSheffield, HallamLabno
Kevin BrennanCardiff WestLabno
Lyn BrownWest HamLabno
Nick BrownNewcastle upon Tyne Eastwhilst Labno
Karen BuckWestminster NorthLabno
Richard BurgonLeeds EastLabno
Alan CampbellTynemouthLabno
Dan CardenLiverpool, WaltonLabno
Sarah ChampionRotherhamLabno
Bambos CharalambousEnfield, Southgatewhilst Labno
Feryal ClarkEnfield NorthLabno
Yvette CooperNormanton, Pontefract and CastlefordLabno
Stella CreasyWalthamstowLabno
Jon CruddasDagenham and RainhamLabno
John CryerLeyton and WansteadLabno
Alex CunninghamStockton NorthLabno
Janet DabyLewisham EastLabno
Geraint DaviesSwansea Westwhilst Labno
Alex Davies-JonesPontypriddLabno
Marsha de CordovaBatterseaLabno
Anneliese DoddsOxford EastLabno
Stephen DoughtyCardiff South and PenarthLabno
Peter DowdBootleLabno
Rosie DuffieldCanterburyLabno
Angela EagleWallaseyLabno
Maria EagleGarston and HalewoodLabno
Clive EffordElthamLabno
Chris ElmoreOgmoreLabno
Florence EshalomiVauxhallLabno
Bill EstersonSefton CentralLabno
Chris EvansIslwynLabno
Colleen FletcherCoventry North EastLabtellno
Yvonne FovargueMakerfieldLabno
Vicky FoxcroftLewisham, DeptfordLabno
Gill FurnissSheffield, Brightside and HillsboroughLabno
Barry GardinerBrent NorthLabno
Preet Kaur GillBirmingham, EdgbastonLabno
Mary GlindonNorth TynesideLabtellno
Andrew GwynneDenton and ReddishLabno
Paulette HamiltonBirmingham, ErdingtonLabno
Emma HardyKingston upon Hull West and HessleLabno
Carolyn HarrisSwansea EastLabno
John HealeyWentworth and DearneLabno
Mark HendrickPrestonLabno
Meg HillierHackney South and ShoreditchLabno
Kate HollernBlackburnLabno
Rachel HopkinsLuton SouthLabno
George HowarthKnowsleyLabno
Rupa HuqEaling Central and ActonLabno
Imran HussainBradford EastLabno
Dan JarvisBarnsley CentralLabno
Gerald JonesMerthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabno
Ruth JonesNewport WestLabno
Sarah JonesCroydon CentralLabno
Barbara KeeleyWorsley and Eccles SouthLabno
Liz KendallLeicester WestLabno
Afzal KhanManchester, GortonLabno
Peter KyleHoveLabno
Ian LaveryWansbeckLabno
Kim LeadbeaterBatley and SpenLabno
Clive LewisNorwich SouthLabno
Rebecca Long-BaileySalford and EcclesLabno
Holly LynchHalifaxLabno
Justin MaddersEllesmere Port and NestonLabno
Khalid MahmoodBirmingham, Perry BarrLabno
Seema MalhotraFeltham and HestonLabno
Rachael MaskellYork CentralLabno
Steve McCabeBirmingham, Selly OakLabno
Kerry McCarthyBristol EastLabno
Siobhain McDonaghMitcham and MordenLabno
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabno
Pat McFaddenWolverhampton South EastLabno
Alison McGovernWirral SouthLabno
Catherine McKinnellNewcastle upon Tyne NorthLabno
Ian MearnsGatesheadLabno
Ed MilibandDoncaster NorthLabno
Navendu MishraStockportLabno
Jessica MordenNewport EastLabno
Stephen MorganPortsmouth SouthLabno
Ian MurrayEdinburgh SouthLabno
James MurrayEaling NorthLabno
Alex NorrisNottingham NorthLabno
Kate OsamorEdmontonLabno
Taiwo OwatemiCoventry North WestLabno
Stephanie PeacockBarnsley EastLabno
Matthew PennycookGreenwich and WoolwichLabno
Toby PerkinsChesterfieldLabno
Bridget PhillipsonHoughton and Sunderland SouthLabno
Luke PollardPlymouth, Sutton and DevonportLabno
Yasmin QureshiBolton South EastLabno
Angela RaynerAshton-under-LyneLabno
Christina ReesNeathwhilst Labno
Ellie ReevesLewisham West and PengeLabno
Jonathan ReynoldsStalybridge and HydeLabno
Lloyd Russell-MoyleBrighton, KemptownLabno
Naseem ShahBradford WestLabno
Virendra SharmaEaling, SouthallLabno
Tulip SiddiqHampstead and KilburnLabno
Andrew SlaughterHammersmithLabno
Cat SmithLancaster and FleetwoodLabno
Jeff SmithManchester, WithingtonLabno
Nick SmithBlaenau GwentLabno
Karin SmythBristol SouthLabno
Alex SobelLeeds North WestLabno
Jo StevensCardiff CentralLabno
Wes StreetingIlford NorthLabno
Graham StringerBlackley and BroughtonLabno
Zarah SultanaCoventry SouthLabno
Mark TamiAlyn and DeesideLabno
Nick Thomas-SymondsTorfaenLabno
Emily ThornberryIslington South and FinsburyLabno
Stephen TimmsEast HamLabno
Liz TwistBlaydonLabno
Valerie VazWalsall SouthLabno
Christian WakefordBury Southwhilst Labno
Catherine WestHornsey and Wood GreenLabno
Matt WesternWarwick and LeamingtonLabno
Alan WhiteheadSouthampton, TestLabno
Mick WhitleyBirkenheadLabno
Nadia WhittomeNottingham EastLabno
Beth WinterCynon ValleyLabno
Mohammad YasinBedfordLabno
Daniel ZeichnerCambridgeLabno
Alistair CarmichaelOrkney and ShetlandLDemno
Wendy ChamberlainNorth East FifeLDemno
Daisy CooperSt AlbansLDemno
Edward DaveyKingston and SurbitonLDemno
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDemno
Sarah GreenChesham and AmershamLDemno
Layla MoranOxford West and AbingdonLDemno
Helen MorganNorth ShropshireLDemno
Sarah OlneyRichmond ParkLDemno
Jamie StoneCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDemno
Munira WilsonTwickenhamLDemno
Ben LakeCeredigionPCno
Liz Saville-RobertsDwyfor MeirionnyddPCno
Hywel WilliamsArfonPCno
Claire HannaBelfast SouthSDLPno
Allan DoransAyr, Carrick and CumnockSNPboth

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