Planning System: Gypsies and Travellers — [Sir George Howarth in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 9:30 am on 29 January 2020.

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Photo of Andrew Slaughter Andrew Slaughter Labour, Hammersmith 9:30, 29 January 2020

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for pointing out that it is a small minority of Gypsies and Travellers who are on unauthorised encampments. As he said, three quarters are in bricks and mortar, even if they do not wish to be. Does he think that the failure of local authorities to provide sites, whether they are transit or permanent, and the lack of provision of social housing, is a factor in the necessity for Gypsies and Travellers to stop in unauthorised areas or on land without planning consent?