Tweet Travellers Survey 1 Current Travellers Survey 2 Your details Home Secretary Priti Patel will strengthen police powers and create a criminal offence to target people who live in vehicles on land without permission and who cause "distress" to communities. She said: "This new offence will enable the police to fine or arrest those residing on private or public land in vehicles without permission to stop significant disruption, distress or harm being caused to the law-abiding majority. "I am delivering on my commitment to give the police the powers they need to tackle these encampments swiftly and effectively.” Do you think the Home Secretary is right? Yes No Don't Know Do you think illegal camps increase the likelihood of crime in an area? Yes No Don't Know Do you think the state should provide sites for the Travelling Community? Yes No Don't Know Would you welcome a Travellers site in your own community? Yes No Don't Know Do you think the Travelling community are persecuted? Yes No Don't Know Should we do more to learn about Travellers and their culture? Yes No Don't Know Do you think we do enough to understand the Travellers needs? Yes No Don't Know Do you think the Travelling Community respect our rights when they are in the area? Yes No Don't Know Do you have any other thoughts that you would like to share? Leave this field blank
