The following other accompanying documents are published separately: a Financial Memorandum (SP Bill 67–FM); Explanatory Notes (SP Bill 67–EN); a Policy Memorandum (SP Bill 67–PM). —————————— Presiding Officer’s Statement on Legislative Competence On 23 April 2020, the Presiding Officer (Rt Hon Ken Macintosh MSP) made the following statement: “In my view, the provisions of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.” —————————— Scottish Government Statement on Legislative Competence On 23 April 2020, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice (Humza Yousaf MSP) made the following statement: SP Bill 67–LC Session 5 (2020) These documents relate to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 67) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 23 April 2020 “In my view, the provisions of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.”