<p>Rough Sleeping</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:39 pm on 21 March 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:39, 21 March 2017

Well, I’m not sure you can lock people up for vagrancy anymore, but I take the point about stigma. I have been to the Salvation Army’s purple bus that appears in Cathays Park in Cardiff. I’ve seen and met many of the people who are homeless. They have very different stories to tell. Some of them have to wrestle with addiction, some of them find it very difficult to remain in accommodation when they get their accommodation, and there are many problems that individuals have to face. But through the work of groups like the Salvation Army with the accommodation that they provide, working with local authorities and Government, we aim to provide a holistic solution to the problems that so many people face that make them homeless in the first place.