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Speaking in the House of Commons on 17 June 2025

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Crime and Policing Bill

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This amendment makes it an offence to arrange or facilitate another’s begging. When the repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 comes into force, begging will no longer be a criminal offence, so encouraging or assisting begging will cease to be an offence under the Serious Crime Act 2007.
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