Lord Laming
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(12 years, 10 months ago)
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Earl Attlee
My Lords, the noble Baroness’s description of the current definition is right. Some of the responses to our consultation on our draft new planning policy for Travellers’ sites suggested that there should be a separate consultation on the definition. The Government are considering all the responses to the consultation. We shall have to wait to see what emerges from that.
Lord Laming
My Lords, does the noble Earl accept that one of the greatest challenges in respect of those who live a nomadic life is to secure continuous and proper education for the next generation—the children—so that they can have not only a choice in their lifestyle in the future and settle into society but fulfil their potential as human beings?
Earl Attlee
My Lords, the noble Lord is absolutely right, which is why I saw a separate briefing from officials at the Department for Education.