Gypsies and Travellers

Lord Mann Excerpts
Thursday 4th November 2021

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord McFall of Alcluith Portrait The Lord Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith)
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The noble Baroness, Lady Blower, is not present, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Mann.

Lord Mann Portrait Lord Mann (Non-Afl)
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Would it not be helpful to have a national website that identifies temporary sites? Indeed, would it not be quite possible for local authorities to be able to live-time the number of vacancies on those sites so that everyone can see what is available and where?

Lord Greenhalgh Portrait Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
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My Lords, that is a really helpful suggestion that I will take back to officials in my department. The statistics on this are positive, in that we have seen an increase in the number of sites in the last 10 years but, obviously, knowing where those vacancies are would be very helpful indeed.