§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Attorney-General whether he will list all cases of prosecutions brought by the Crown prosecution service since 1986, under the Public Order Acts, in respect of the distribution of anti-Semitic literature; what month and year and in which courts the cases were heard; and what was the outcome of those prosecutions.
§ The Attorney-GeneralFifteen prosecutions for incitement to racial hatred have been brought under section 5A of the Public Order Act 1936, or under part III of the Public Order Act 1986, in 1986 and subsequent years. Of these, 11 prosecutions included allegations that anti-Jewish material had been published or distributed. Proceedings have been begun, but not concluded, in a further case; this too involves an allegation that anti-Jewish material has been distributed. The details of prosecutions that have been concluded are as follows: