Petition · past parliament
Make it a criminal,not civil, offence to take part in an unauthorised encampment
Closed
325 signatures
What the petition asks
Many UK citizens are regularly subjected to anti-social behaviour by people who make camp in their neighbourhood whilst on their travels. Invariably when they move on they leave a considerable amount of mess and damage behind which costs the land owners a significant amount of money to address.
On more than one occasion our local school have been required to pay many thousands of pounds to clean up the children's playing field after travellers had left. There was national outrage recently when travellers left 600 ton of rubbish in a field in Uxbridge. They were not even issued with a ticket for littering! Anyone taking part in an unauthorised encampment must be held legally responsible for leaving the site in the same state as they found it and also prosecuted in the courts.
Timeline
| 19 Jan 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Jul 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
325
Status
Closed
Opened
19 Jan 2018
Closed
19 Jul 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.