The Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill is to be considered again by the Public Bill Committee on 13 October 2022.  One of the few clauses of the Bill yet to be considered is clause 187, which replaces provisions of the Vagrancy Act 1824 about begging and rough sleeping which were repealed earlier this year, but the repeal of which has not yet been brought into force. The clause creates a power which, for all practical purposes, it would be impossible to exercise with any confidence – it should be removed from the Bill as soon as possible.  It seems the clause has been included as a “place holder” for replacement provisions to be proposed at a later stage – which is an abuse of Parliament’s procedures.