How will plans to criminalise trespass affect hillwalkers?
Sep 11, 2020
3 minutes
Trespass is currently defined in law as a civil matter, but the government is consulting on making it a criminal offence. What’s the background on this proposed change of legislation?
There was a letter signed by about 30 Conservative MPs in 2010 proposing the criminalisation of trespass. [The gist of it] was that councils are complaining about groups of travellers moving into an area where previously they had rights,
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