1 ‘Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill’, Murray Blackburn Mackenzie, see https://murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/hate-crime-and-public-order-scotland-bill/ as at 8 December 2020
2 The Scottish Police Federation, Press Release, New Hate Crime Bill Could Devastate Police Relationship with the Scottish Public, 28 July 2020, see https://spf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hate-Crime-Media-Release.pdf as at 8 December 2020
3 Submission by Community Justice Scotland, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
4 Financial Memorandum, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, 2020
5 The Scottish Parliament, Official Report, 20 August 2020, col. 45
6 The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Official Report, 24 November 2020, col. 26
7 Catholic Herald, 29 July 2020, see https://catholicherald.co.uk/scottish-catholics-warn-hate-crime-bill-could-criminalise-catechism/ as at 8 December 2020
8 The National, 10 September 2020, see https://www.thenational.scot/news/18709508.tories-vow-continue-fighting-hate-crime-bill-free-speech-concerns/ as at 8 December 2020
9 ‘J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues’, J. K. Rowling blog, 10 June 2020, https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/ as at 8 December 2020
10 The Herald, 30 November 2020, see https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18908168.snp-mp-joanna-cherry-pleads-nicola-sturgeon-call-abuse-smears/ as at 8 December 2020
11 Submission by Police Scotland, The Scottish Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
12 Submission by Police Scotland, The Scottish Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
13 The Scottish Police Federation, Press Release, New Hate Crime Bill Could Devastate Police Relationship with the Scottish Public, 28 July 2020, see https://spf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hate-Crime-Media-Release.pdf as at 8 December 2020
14 Savanta ComRes, Free to Disagree, Free Speech Poll, 6-13 August 2020
15 Submission by the Faculty of Advocates, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
16 ‘SoE: Proposed Scottish Hate Crime law change threatens free media in the whole UK’, Society of Editors, 14 May 2020, see https://www.societyofeditors.org/soe_news/soe-proposed-scottish-hate-crime-law-change-threatens-free-media-in-the-whole-uk/ as at 8 December 2020
17 The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Official Report, 24 November 2020, col. 21
18 The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Official Report, 24 November 2020, col. 46
19 The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Official Report, 27 October 2020, col. 46
20 Savanta ComRes, Free to Disagree, Free Speech Poll, 6-13 August 2020
21 Savanta ComRes, Free to Disagree, Free Speech Poll, 6-13 August 2020
22 ‘Hate Crime Bill a ‘Threat to free speech’ – councillors’, Free to Disagree, see https://freetodisagree.scot/press_releases/hate-crime-bill-a-threat-to-free-speech-councillors/ as at 8 December 2020
23 ‘Hate Crime Bill a ‘Threat to free speech’ – councillors’, Free to Disagree, see https://freetodisagree.scot/press_releases/hate-crime-bill-a-threat-to-free-speech-councillors/ as at 8 December 2020
24 ‘Lack of clarity in Hate Crime Bill could threaten freedom of expression’, Law Society of Scotland, 27 July 2020, see https://www.lawscot.org.uk/news-and-events/law-society-news/hatecrimebill/ as at 8 December 2020
25 Submission by the Faculty of Advocates, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
26 Mail Online, 24 July 2020 see https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8556175/New-vague-Scots-hate-crime-law-stifle-free-speech.html as at 8 December 2020
27 ‘Fred Mackintosh QC: Practical problems with the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill’, Scottish Legal News, 20 July 2020, see https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/fred-mackintosh-qc-practical-problems-with-the-hate-crime-and-public-order-bill as at 8 December 2020
28 Submission by Senators of the College of Justice, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
29 The Scottish Police Federation, Press Release, New Hate Crime Bill Could Devastate Police Relationship with the Scottish Public, 28 July 2020, see https://spf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Hate-Crime-Media-Release.pdf as at 8 December 2020
30 Submission by the Scottish Police Federation, The Scottish Parliament Finance and Constitution Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
31 Submission by Police Scotland, The Scottish Parliament Finance and Constitution Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
32 The Daily Telegraph, 5 September 2020
33 Submission by The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
34 The Press and Journal, 19 July 2020, see https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/scottish-politics/2338172/jk-rowling-could-end-up-in-the-dock-if-new-hate-crime-laws-are-passed-critics-warn/ as at 8 December 2020
35 Submission by The Scottish Newspaper Society, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
36 Submission by BBC Scotland, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
37 ‘SoE: Proposed Scottish Hate Crime law change threatens free media in the whole UK’, Society of Editors, 14 May 2020, see https://www.societyofeditors.org/soe_news/soe-proposed-scottish-hate-crime-law-change-threatens-free-media-in-the-whole-uk/ as at 8 December 2020
38 The Times Scotland, 29 July 2020
39 The Scottish Sun, 29 July 2020
40 Scottish Daily Mail, 28 July 2020
41 Daily Record, 25 July 2020, see https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/government-needs-tread-carefully-over-22413514 as at 8 December 2020
42 The Express, 29 July 2020
43 The Scotsman, 29 July 2020
44 Scotland on Sunday, 23 August 2020
45 The Herald, 21 July 2020
46 The Scotsman, 3 August 2020
47 Submission by For Women Scotland, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
48 Submission by Women’s Place UK, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
49 ‘Don’t erode free speech, NSS warns Scottish parliament’, National Secular Society, 23 July 2020, see https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2020/07/dont-erode-free-speech-nss-warns-scottish-parliament as at 8 December 2020
50 ‘Free Church Responds to Hate Crime and Public Order Bill’, Free Church of Scotland, 24 July 2020, see https://freechurch.org/news/free-church-responds-to-hate-crime-and-public-order-bill as at 8 December 2020
51 Submission by the Catholic Parliamentary Office of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
52 Submission by The Christian Institute, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
53 Submission by The Hindu Forum of Britain (Scottish Chapter), The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020
54 ‘Coalition of artists, authors, journalists and campaigners call for changes to hate crime bill’, Humanist Society Scotland, August 2020, see https://www.humanism.scot/what-we-do/news/coalition-of-artists-authors-journalists-and-campaigners-call-for-changes-to-hate-crime-bill/ as at 8 December 2020
55 The Scotsman, 5 August 2020
56 ‘Peter Tatchell Joins Fight against the Hate Crime Bill’, Free to Disagree, see https://freetodisagree.scot/press_releases/peter-tatchell-joins-the-free-to-disagree-campaign/ as at 8 December 2020
57 ‘Comment: The hate crime bill must be properly scrutinised’, Holyrood, 20 May 2020, see https://www.holyrood.com/comment/view,comment-the-hate-crime-bill-must-be-properly-scrutinised_15519.htm as at 8 Dec 2020
58 Submission by Aberdeen City Council, The Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, Session 5, July 2020