Gypsies and Travellers

Lord Laming Excerpts

Tuesday 6th March 2012 Lords Chamber

[Earl Attlee]

My Lords, the Government will publish the national planning policy framework by the end of this month, and shortly we will announce our conclusions resulting from all the consultations we have held related to Travellers.

[Lord Laming]

My Lords, does the Minister agree that the Gypsy way of life is extremely hard and that the best hope for them and, indeed, for society as a whole is the provision of sufficient official pitches so that the children—the next generation—can receive a proper education and thereby have an alternative lifestyle available to them?

[Earl Attlee]

My Lords, I agree entirely with the noble Lord’s point.