My hon. Friend makes a good point, but we are making an assumption that all Travellers travelling around this country wish to be on an organised site. Those of us who understand the travelling community or have lived with Travellers—I grew up around a travelling community—know that many of them do not want to be on organised sites. At certain times of the year, they are happy to pull off the road, but at other times even organised sites are half empty. At certain times of the year, many Travellers are not actually in this country, because they come from southern Ireland.
Gypsies and Travellers (Hertfordshire)
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Penning
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 June 2007.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on Gypsies and Travellers (Hertfordshire).
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