Labour MP: LGBT hate crime on the risepublished at 15:10 Greenwich Mean Time 15 November 2016
Home Affairs committee
Select Committee
Parliament
Chair Yvette Cooper opens the evidence session and welcomes the first set of witnesses.
She says police statistics show a 29% increase in hate crimes based on sexual orientation over the last 12 months and asks what the causes of this are.
Nick Antjoule, Hate Crime Manager of LGBT anti-violence charity Galop said that following the EU referendum vote, people felt they were "openly able" to abuse people because of the "rhetoric" during the campaign.