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Mike Weatherley: ...up with a Westminster Hall debate and got the Government on side, and the law was duly changed via an amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. Changing the law on squatting was a huge deal, and it has virtually ended squatting in residential properties in the UK. Wikipedia now lists it as “Weatherley’s law”. At this stage I pay tribute to my office...
Mike Weatherley: What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the legislation on squatting in residential premises introduced in 2012.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what factors he plans to take into account in deciding when the squatting provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 will be enacted; (2) if he will estimate the total cost to the taxpayer of squatters in (a) social housing and (b) council-owned buildings in each of the last five years.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether he has made any plans to extend the squatting provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to public parks; (2) what discussions he has had with representatives of the police on the commencement of the squatting provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether he has any plans to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of the squatting provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in respect of their effects on the cost of policing and number of instances of squatting; (2) what representations he has received from police forces on the squatting provisions of the Legal...
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether he plans to bring forward proposals to extend the provisions relating to squatting in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to all commercial premises; (2) if he will consider bringing forward proposals to create an offence of intentional trespass for vehicles in national parks; (3) when he plans that the...
Mike Weatherley: ...around Europe to campaign against what they call Weatherley’s law. Will the Prime Minister condemn, with me, the Green party’s support for squatters and welcome, as I do, the criminalisation of squatting?
Mike Weatherley: The hon. Lady is under a misapprehension. The person who comes back from holiday and finds their home squatted has no legal redress other than to ask the squatters to leave. The squatters are already in that property; they should not be there while the owners are on holiday.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the merits of the legal framework in Scotland in respect of squatting.
Crispin Blunt: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Mike Weatherley) on securing this debate on a very serious issue. Like him, I have become increasingly concerned about the distress and misery that squatters can cause to commercial property owners and home owners alike. In his excellent contribution, he identified the costs not only to individuals but to wider society, including the costs...
Mike Weatherley: What progress he has made on reform of legislation on squatting.
Mike Freer: The Minister may be aware that the Gaddafi house is a high-profile squatting incident in my constituency. Just this week, we have had two further squats. Will he meet me and my hon. Friends the Members for Hove (Mike Weatherley) and for Bury North (Mr Nuttall) to discuss this pressing issue?
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has had discussions with representatives of police forces on the enforcement of the law to reduce instances of squatting.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what definition of squatting his Department uses.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many incidents of squatting were recorded (a) in Brighton and Hove constituency and (b) nationally in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008, and (iii) 2009.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what timetable he has set for bringing forward his proposals to reduce the incidence of squatting.
Crispin Blunt: I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer of 3 November to the hon. Member for Hove (Mike Weatherley) Official Report, column 835W. 'We are considering whether the law in relation to squatting, or the way it is enforced, should be strengthened, but we have not yet reached any firm conclusions.'
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend legislation on squatting; and if he will make a statement.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many instances of squatting were recorded in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
Mike Weatherley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people squatting in premises were prosecuted for offences related to non-payment of council tax in respect of those premises in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009; (2) how many people squatting in premises were prosecuted for offences of robbery in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009; (3) how many people squatting in premises were...
