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
The bill aims to address housing, planning and education for Gypsy and Traveller communities. It would require periodic local authority reviews of their housing needs and make it easier to convert caravan sites into settled accommodation, with temporary stopping sites required where there is demonstrated need. It also introduces a criminal offence of unauthorised encampment and requires schools to have regard to Gypsy and Traveller culture in teaching.
The bill is currently at the Second Reading in the House of Commons, where it is being debated at a broad, initial stage.
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