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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
World Homelessness Day 2024 (9 October 2024)

Motion Details

That this House marks World Homelessness Day 2024; notes with concern that 3,898 people were found sleeping rough in England in the autumn snapshot 2023; further notes that 11,880 people were served no fault eviction notices in the year ending in March 2024 and one in 200 households were living in emergency temporary housing; expresses regret that the Vagrancy Act 1824, which criminalises rough sleepers, remains in operation despite the House voting to scrap it; further notes that 469 people have been arrested under the Act since the Government committed to scrap it in April 2022; and calls on the Government to urgently scrap the Vagrancy Act and commit to a compassionate approach to rough sleeping.

Sponsored by:
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
45
65%
 
 
Labour
7
10%
 
 
Independent
5
7%
 
 
Green Party
4
6%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
4
6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
3%
 
 
Conservative
1
1%
 
 
Alliance
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (69 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Ind
Shockat Adam
Leicester South
LD
Gideon Amos
Taunton and Wellington
LD
Steff Aquarone
North Norfolk
Lab
Paula Barker
Liverpool Wavertree
LD
Alison Bennett
Mid Sussex
Green
Siân Berry
Brighton Pavilion
Con
Bob Blackman
Harrow East
Lab
Olivia Blake
Sheffield Hallam
LD
Alex Brewer
North East Hampshire
LD
Jess Brown-Fuller
Chichester
LD
Charlotte Cane
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
LD
Dr Danny Chambers
Winchester
Green
Ellie Chowns
North Herefordshire
LD
Chris Coghlan
Dorking and Horley
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
Lab
Dr Beccy Cooper
Worthing West
LD
Adam Dance
Yeovil
LD
Steve Darling
Torbay
PC
Ann Davies
Caerfyrddin
Green
Carla Denyer
Bristol Central
LD
Mr Lee Dillon
Newbury
LD
Sarah Dyke
Glastonbury and Somerton
APNI
Sorcha Eastwood
Lagan Valley
LD
Richard Foord
Honiton and Sidmouth
LD
Mr Will Forster
Woking
Lab
Mary Kelly Foy
City of Durham
LD
Zöe Franklin
Guildford
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Sarah Gibson
Chippenham
LD
Olly Glover
Didcot and Wantage
LD
Tom Gordon
Harrogate and Knaresborough
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
LD
Liz Jarvis
Eastleigh
LD
Clive Jones
Wokingham
Ind
Ayoub Khan
Birmingham Perry Barr
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Ind
Rebecca Long Bailey
Salford
LD
James MacCleary
Lewes
LD
Mr Angus MacDonald
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
LD
Ben Maguire
North Cornwall
LD
Helen Maguire
Epsom and Ewell
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
PC
Llinos Medi
Ynys Môn
LD
Calum Miller
Bicester and Woodstock
LD
John Milne
Horsham
Ind
Iqbal Mohamed
Dewsbury and Batley
LD
Layla Moran (Sponsor)
Oxford West and Abingdon
LD
Helen Morgan
North Shropshire
LD
Tom Morrison
Cheadle
LD
Manuela Perteghella
Stratford-on-Avon
Green
Adrian Ramsay
Waveney Valley
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
LD
Ian Roome
North Devon
LD
Anna Sabine
Frome and East Somerset
LD
Dr Roz Savage
South Cotswolds
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
LD
Vikki Slade
Mid Dorset and North Poole
LD
Ian Sollom
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
LD
Freddie van Mierlo
Henley and Thame
LD
Caroline Voaden
South Devon
Lab
Chris Webb
Blackpool South
LD
Max Wilkinson
Cheltenham
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim
LD
Claire Young
Thornbury and Yate

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