§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding squatting; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Home Office issued a consultation paper on this subject in 1991, to which we received 216 responses. My hon. Friend the Member for Fylde (Mr. Jack) gave a general account of these on 17 June 1992 in reply to a question from the hon. Member for Greenwich (Mr. Raynsford), at column522.
645WSince then, we have received a number of further representations from hon. Members and others. The Government's proposals for changing the criminal law as it relates to squatting are contained in part V of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill now before Parliament.