I met with the following stakeholders to seek their views on the areas of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill that I was considering amending:Faculty of Advocates (04 September 2020)Law Society of Scotland (14 September 2020)Humanist Society Scotland (14 September 2020)Catholic Church (14 September 2020)Tackling Prejudice and Building Connected Communities Action Group 1 (22 September 2020)Scottish PEN (22 September 2020)Federation of Scottish Theatre (22 September 2020)National Union of Journalists (22 September 2020)Scottish Society of Playwrights (22 September 2020)Writers’ Guild (22 September 2020)Scottish Police Federation (22 September 2020) These engagements informed the development of the policy change to the Bill that I outlined to Parliament on 23 September 2020.