Vagrancy (Amendment)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 3:37 pm ar 25 Mehefin 1991.

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Photo of Mr Kenneth Hargreaves Mr Kenneth Hargreaves , Hyndburn 3:37, 25 Mehefin 1991

I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal sections 3 and 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824.The history of the Vagrancy Act is a lengthy one. The mischief at which the Act was aimed was not begging per se but vagrancy as a way of life—[Interruption.]