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Nickie Aiken MP

Nickie Aiken MP

Conservative MP for Cities of London and Westminster

Draconian new laws on rough sleeping must be scrapped
Home affairs
By Nickie Aiken MP
Draconian new laws on rough sleeping must be scrapped
Repealing and replacing the Vagrancy Act with the proposed Criminal Justice Bill will further demonise and criminalise those sleeping rough, simply for the ‘major’ of crime of being “smelly”.
Tribute to Baroness Couttie by Nickie Aiken
Obituaries
By Nickie Aiken MP
Tribute to Baroness Couttie by Nickie Aiken
Baroness Couttie
25 September 1962 - 12 December 2022
Former leader of Westminster Council who did not let cancer stop her making a full contribution in the Lords.
The Vagrancy Act should be repealed and replaced with legislation that puts protection not criminality at its heart
Communities
By Nickie Aiken MP
The Vagrancy Act should be repealed and replaced with legislation that puts protection not criminality at its heart
The Vagrancy Act is simply not fit for purpose. New legislation must recognise there needs to be a combined health and housing approach to tackle rough sleeping.