Travellers: Caravan Sites

(asked on 13th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

What plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a new offence of intentional trespass to help prevent unlawful traveller encampments.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 13th July 2020

Although the majority of travellers obey the law, we recognise that unauthorised encampments can cause significant distress.

We consulted on measures to enable the police to tackle unauthorised encampments more effectively and will publish a response to the consultation in due course.

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