Sleeping Rough

(asked on 14th May 2024) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it remains his Department's policy to end the criminalisation of rough sleeping.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 20th May 2024

Nobody should be criminalised for simply having nowhere to live. That is why we are committed to bringing into force the repeal of the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824.

We have tabled amendments for Report stage of the Bill which will bring the Repeal of the Vagrancy Act into force three months after the Criminal Justice Bill receives Royal Assent.

At this same time, the provisions on nuisance begging and nuisance rough sleeping in the Criminal Justice Bill will also come into force.

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