Anas Sarwar has said that misogyny should be included in the Scottish Government's new hate crime law.
The hate crime bill, passed by MSPs in 2021, creates a new offence of stirring up hatred based on protected characteristics such as sexuality, disability and religion. Asked whether he would repeal the Hate Crime Act if he were first minister, Sarwar replied: "The biggest flaw in the Hate Crime Act is that misogyny was not included."It was something that we maintained throughout every stage and then in our manifesto as well that we would include misogyny in the Hate Crime Act.
"We're in a place where... How do you correct the flaws or the missing pieces in the legislation? And how do you correct the implementation, the messaging and the resourcing of this legislation?"