Written Question·Home Office·UIN 63919
Police: Powers
Tabled: 30 June 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025
Question
Rachel Blake
Labour (Co-op) — Cities of London and Westminster
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans go give additional powers to policing forces to deal with allegations of (a) trespassing and (b) modern slavery and human trafficking, in the context of the commencement o
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThis Government is repealing the outdated Vagrancy Act and introducing new offences which deal with specific risks.Repealing the Vagrancy Act 1824 will leave a gap for the police to tackle organised begging and trespassing, which police have highlighted a...
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