Motion · S5M-22636.1 · 8 Sep 2020

Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill

Lodged by Liam McArthur (Scottish Liberal Democrats) Amendment 0 supporters

The motion

As an amendment to motion S5M-22636 in the name of Liam Kerr (Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill), leave out from second "believes" to end and insert "recognises the significant number of responses to the Justice Committee's call for evidence on the Scottish Government's proposed Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill highlighting serious and substantial concerns in relation to its potential impact on free speech, and calls on the Scottish Government to set out the steps that it plans to take to address these concerns, specifically in relation to Part 2 of the Bill, in time for the Committee to hear evidence and give them due consideration."

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.