On Monday 24 February 2025, Nick Timothy MP asked the Home Secretary if it should be a criminal offence to desecrate a religious text. She said we have no blasphemy laws in Britain. But in two recent cases people have been charged using the Public Order Act for damaging the Quran in protest. What will she do about it?
To read the exchange in Hansard click here and go to column 505. It is also reproduced below.
Nick Timothy MP: The Home Secretary quite conspicuously failed to answer the question that my hon. Friend the Member for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam) asked earlier, so I am going to have another go. Should it ever be a criminal offence for anybody to desecrate a religious text—yes or no?
The Home Secretary (Yvette Cooper MP): The hon. Gentleman will know that we do not have a blasphemy law in this country, nor will we have one.
