Gill Furniss

Labour MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

@gillfurnissmp

Removal of Trespassers Intending to Reside on Land

There have been votes in Parliament on the circumstances, in England, in which the police can order trespassers intending to reside on land to leave.

Gill Furniss consistently voted against making it easier to remove those trespassing on land with an intent to reside there

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Major votes

  • On 5 Jul 2021: Gill Furniss voted not to extend the circumstances, in England, in which the police can order trespassers intending to reside on land to leave that land to include where disruption and distress are being caused. Show vote
  • On 5 Jul 2021: Gill Furniss voted against a range of changes to the law related to crime and policing including: greater restrictions on protests; criminalising residing on land without consent with a vehicle; reform of the caution system to include conditions associated with a caution; regulation of extraction of data from electronic devices voluntarily provided by users; increased sentences for various crimes; and to enable ministers to refer certain prisoners to the parole board rather than automatically releasing them when their release is due. Show vote
  • On 16 Mar 2021: Gill Furniss voted against a range of changes to the law related to crime and policing including: greater restrictions on protests; criminalising residing on land without consent with a vehicle; reform of the caution system to include conditions associated with a caution; regulation of extraction of data from electronic devices voluntarily provided by users; increased sentences for various crimes; and to enable ministers to refer certain prisoners to the parole board rather than automatically releasing them when their release is due. Show vote
  • On 16 Mar 2021: Gill Furniss voted against a range of changes to the law related to crime and policing including: greater restrictions on protests; criminalising residing on land without consent with a vehicle; reform of the caution system to include conditions associated with a caution; regulation of extraction of data from electronic devices voluntarily provided by users; increased sentences for various crimes; and to enable ministers to refer certain prisoners to the parole board rather than automatically releasing them when their release is due. Show vote

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