I am not giving way.
The provision would apply if someone understood that their behaviour could stir up religious hatred, yet persisted with that action. I shall come on to that later. There is no reason why someone in the pulpit or on the stage of a theatre should be allowed to exploit a loophole in the law. If their intention is genuinely to stir up hatred they, too, should be caught by the law.
Racial and Religious Hatred Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Paul Goggins
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 31 January 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Racial and Religious Hatred Bill 2005-06.
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