All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers meeting to discuss the criminalisation of trespass
In March 2021, the Government announced proposals to bring in harsh new laws which will affect nomadic people. Within Part 4 of the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the Government is planning to bring in new powers which mean people who live on roadside camps could face time in prison, a £2500 fine or their home being taken from them.
In March 2021, the Government announced proposals to bring in harsh new laws which will affect nomadic people. Within Part 4 of the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the Government is planning to bring in new powers which mean people who live on roadside camps could face time in prison, a £2500 fine or their home being taken from them.
On Monday 19th April, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma invited Members of Parliament, legal experts and people from Gypsy and Traveller communities together to share:
- Part 4 of the Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and current powers for roadside camps
- The impact that the proposed criminalisation of trespass on Gypsy and Traveller communities and positive solutions to supporting community traditions of nomadism
- The erosion of rights in the Bill and the threat to human rights protections for minority groups.
The meeting was chaired by Andy Slaughter, Vice-Chair to the APPG. Speakers included Chris Johnson of Community Law Partnership; Violet Cannon of York Traveller’s Trust and Chair of Moving for Change; and Sam Grant from Liberty.
You can access Friend’s Families and Travellers briefing ‘ Briefing on new police powers for encampments in Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Part 4’ here. https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/wp-co…
You can access Community Law Partnership’s briefing ‘The Criminalisation of Trespass’ here: http://www.communitylawpartnership.co…
Friends, Families and Travellers:
https://www.gypsy-traveller.org/
https://twitter.com/GypsyTravellers
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Community Law Partnership:
http://www.communitylawpartnership.co… https://twitter.com/clpsolicitors
York Travellers’ Trust:
https://ytt.org.uk/
https://twitter.com/YorkTravellers
https://www.facebook.com/YorkTravellers
Liberty:
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/
https://twitter.com/libertyhq
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https://www.instagram.com/libertyhq/
