Gypsies and Travellers Debate
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Lord McFall of Alcluith
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Gypsies and Travellers
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Lord Greenhalgh (Con)
My Lords, I answered that question in my answer to a previous supplementary: there are no plans to bring in statutory provision, because the previous introduction of a statutory duty simply did not work. We will continue to encourage local authorities to fulfil their duties under their local plans.
The Lord Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith)
The noble Baroness, Lady Blower, is not present, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Mann.
Lord Mann (Non-Afl)
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?