Unauthorised Encampments (Brighton)
Debate between Simon Kirby and Jack Lopresti(13 years, 6 months ago)
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Simon Kirby
As usual, my hon. Friend makes a valid point. We need clarity and consistency, and for everybody to know where they stand.
Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Con)
We are talking about the legality of moving Travellers on. In the Severn Beach and Pilning areas of my constituency there is a new school, and we have had a spate of problems with unauthorised Traveller sites. I asked the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for Reigate (Mr Blunt), about making exclusion and eviction orders site-specific rather than individually based. At the moment, if a group of Travellers is asked to move on, other people can quickly reoccupy the site. If the eviction or exclusion order is made specific to a particular site, the problem will be solved once and for all.
Simon Kirby
My hon. Friend makes a valid point to which I am sure the Minister has listened carefully.