Vagrancy Act 1824

(asked on 19th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will review the Vagrancy Act 1824.


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Eddie Hughes Portrait
Eddie Hughes
This question was answered on 27th January 2022

This Government believes that no-one should be criminalised simply for sleeping rough.

Following the review undertaken as part of the 2018 Rough Sleeping Strategy, the Government has confirmed that it will seek to repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act and replace it with more modern, fit for purpose legislation when parliamentary time allows.

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