11 October 2007
In brief
The government is proposing to amend the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill to extend a protection offered to religious and race groups to gay, lesbian and bisexual people. This would create a new offence of incitement to hatred against people because of their sexual orientation. A further amendment will allow the government to make changes to the information people on the sex offenders register must provide to the police. This includes requiring offenders to provide information about e-mail addresses, new relationships with any woman who has children, and if they are living in the same house as someone under 18.
