Motion: Disability Hate Crime

Disability Hate Crime

Lodged by Annabel Goldie Members' Business Motion 41 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament notes the Keep Safe initiative in Renfrewshire, which it understands is the first of its kind in Scotland and aims to support and encourage disabled, vulnerable and older people to keep safe and enjoy day-to-day life without fear of abuse and harassment; understands that Police Scotland works to train local businesses and public services to join the initiative and become a Keep Safe premises, whereby those businesses signed up to the initiative agree to support and help people by providing a safe place for them to go if they are lost, scared or if they are the victim of crime; believes that these businesses are easily identified as a Keep Safe premises by means of the Keep Safe window sticker; notes that disabled, vulnerable and older people are offered a Keep Safe Card to carry; recognises that disability hate crime is a crime when it is "perceived by the victim or any other person to be motivated by malice or ill will based on a person's disability or perceived disability"; notes that Keep Safe is a Police Scotland-led initiative developed in partnership with the Renfrewshire community group, I Am Me, which raises awareness of disability hate crime, working in partnership with PACE Theatre Company, and congratulates all those involved in these initiatives.

Supporters (41)