Sentencing for violence against women and girls
There will be a debate on sentencing for violence against women and girls in Westminster Hall on 1 February 2023 at 14:30. This debate will be led by Cherilyn Mackrory MP.

MPs will debate the Crown Prosecution Service's approach to prosecuting disability hate crime in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 8 November 2016 at 9.30am. Peter Dowd will lead the debate. This House of Commons Library briefing provides some background information, statistics and press and parliamentary coverage.
Crown Prosecution Service's approach to prosecuting disability hate crime (524 KB , PDF)
A hate crime is “any crime that is motivated by hostility on the grounds of race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity”.
Relevant legislation
There is no single piece of legislation criminalising hate crime in England and Wales. Instead, there are three different ways in which legislation deals with hate crime:
Instead there are three different ways in which legislation deals with hate crime:
Disability hate crime is only covered by the last of these approaches, enhanced sentencing.
The Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service has issued detailed guidance to prosecutors involved in cases of disability hate crime: see Prosecution Policy and Guidance: Guidance on Prosecuting Cases of Disability Hate Crime.
This covers matters such as the use of the enhanced sentencing regime and ways in which victims can be supported through the prosecution process.
Statistics
The latest Home Office statistics on hate crime were published on 13 October 2016: Hate crime, England and Wales, 2015 to 2016.
Crown Prosecution Service performance statistics on prosecuting hate crime are contained in the annual Hate Crime Report.
The latest publication for 2014/15 and 2015/16 is available on the Crown Prosecution Service website: Hate crime and crimes against older people report 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 – PDF.
Crown Prosecution Service's approach to prosecuting disability hate crime (524 KB , PDF)
There will be a debate on sentencing for violence against women and girls in Westminster Hall on 1 February 2023 at 14:30. This debate will be led by Cherilyn Mackrory MP.
A Bill to prevent abuse of the UK economy and support enterprise by reforming Companies House and limited partnerships, and strengthen the broader response to economic crime.
The Government abolished the much criticised sentence of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) in 2012. However, the change was not made retrospective. On 30 September 2022 there were 2,890 IPP prisoners in custody. Pressure for change has continued.