Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle hate crime against LGBTQ+ people.

There is no excuse for violence or abuse driven by hatred and discrimination, and we support the police in taking strong action against those crimes.

We have a robust legislative framework in place to respond to hate crimes, including those which target sexual orientation and transgender identity.

The Government is carefully considering our next steps to tackle the full range of hate crime offences, and we have committed to ensuring parity of protection under aggravated offences.

The Government funds an online hate crime reporting portal called True Vision, designed so victims of all types of hate crime do not have to visit a police station to report. We are also continuing to fund the National Online Hate Crime Hub which supports individual local police forces in dealing specifically with online hate crime.