A Bill to make provision about periodical local authority reviews of the housing needs of Gypsy and Traveller communities; to make provision for the conversion of caravan sites into settled accommodation; to require local authorities to provide temporary caravan stopping sites where there is a demonstrated need; to create a criminal offence of unauthorised encampment; to make provision about the education of Gypsy and Traveller children; to require schools to have regard to Gypsy and Traveller culture and heritage in teaching; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
12 March 2019
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This bill would require councils to periodically review the housing needs of Gypsy and Traveller communities, allow converting caravan sites into settled housing, and require temporary stopping sites where there is demonstrated need. It also creates a criminal offence of unauthorised encampment and sets out education provisions, including schools having regard to Gypsy and Traveller culture in teaching.
The bill is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Commons, having originated there; the first reading occurred in November 2018. It has not yet moved beyond the Second Reading stage.
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