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Travellers: Caravan Sites

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 30 June 2025UIN 61395

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of powers held by local authorities to remove travellers from unauthorised encampments on public land.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 46336 on 30 April 2025.

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