Repeal Of The Vagrancy Act 1824 (EDM903)

Repeal Of The Vagrancy Act 1824

EDM number 903 in 2017-19, proposed by Layla Moran on 05/02/2018.
Categorised under the topic of Homelessness.

That this House expresses grave concern over the continuing use of the Vagrancy Act 1824 to criminalise homeless people who are rough sleeping; notes with concern that this Dickensian law was used 1,810 times in 2016-17; welcomes that this Act is no longer in force in Scotland and Northern Ireland; and urges the Government to repeal this harmful and out-of-date legislation across the whole of the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Layla Moran	05/02/2018	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Stephen Lloyd	05/02/2018	Eastbourne	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Vincent Cable	05/02/2018	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tim Farron	05/02/2018	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Caroline Lucas	05/02/2018	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Seconded
Norman Lamb	05/02/2018	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Shannon	06/02/2018	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	06/02/2018	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	06/02/2018	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	06/02/2018	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marie Rimmer	07/02/2018	St Helens South and Whiston	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	07/02/2018	North Down	Independent	Signed
Chris Stephens	07/02/2018	Glasgow South West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Christine Jardine	07/02/2018	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hannah Bardell	08/02/2018	Livingston	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Cunningham	08/02/2018	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	08/02/2018	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Alan Brown	20/02/2018	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scottish National Party	Signed
Drew Hendry	20/02/2018	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish National Party	Signed
Daniel Zeichner	06/03/2018	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Wera Hobhouse	27/03/2018	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Slaughter	20/06/2018	Hammersmith	Labour	Signed

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