I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. I have been out with the police in Lancashire and Kent and have seen their joint agency approach to tackling homelessness. Does he agree that a whole-system approach is necessary, and does he share my concern that some police forces still use the Vagrancy Act 1824 to criminalise rough sleepers without giving them the support they clearly need?
Rough Sleeping
Proceeding contribution from
Louise Haigh
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 February 2019.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Rough Sleeping.
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Session
2017-19
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2019-11-13 14:29:42 +0000
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