Northern Ireland Affairs - Ninth Report

---

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 6 April 2005.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Report

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Hate Crime - an increasing trend?

Incidence of hate crime

Racial incidents/crimes

Homophobic incidents/crimes

Sectarian incidents/crimes

Incidents/crimes against the disabled

Reasons for the increasing trend in hate crime

3 Enforcement

Response by the PSNI

Clearance rates

Reporting hate crime

Relations with minority communities

Training and hate crime policy

Recruitment

Northern Ireland Policing Board and District Policing Partnerships

Other Criminal Justice Agencies

Restorative Justice Programmes

A shared responsibility

4 Central Government's response

Response of central Government

Avoiding a fragmented response to hate crime

Government activities

Policy into practice

Education initiatives

Northern Ireland Housing Executive initiatives

Legislation

5 Local Government activities

6 Response by community organisations, employers, trade unions, and Churches

Response by support and community organisations

Employers and trade unions

Churches

Building bridges with young people

7 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex A: Hansard Society Online Consultation on Hate Crime in Northern Ireland

Formal minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of unprinted written evidence

Reports from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee since 2001




MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 548-II)

Wednesday 21 April 2004
Wednesday 5 May 2004
Wednesday 12 May 2004
Monday 13 September 2004 (morning sitting)
Monday 13 September 2004 (afternoon sitting)
Tuesday 14 September 2004
Monday 25 October 2004 (morning sitting)
Monday 25 October 2004 (afternoon sitting)
Wednesday 3 November 2004

---

---

Prepared 14 April 2005