HC Deb 21 October 1952 vol 505 c854
35. Mr. Dodds

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what progress has been made in Kent in taking the gypsy survey.

The Minister of Housing and Local Government (Mr. Harold Macmillan)

I am informed that the survey has been completed, and that the county council intend to issue a report early next month.

Mr. Dodds

Will the right hon. Gentleman arrange for a report to be placed in the Library, and does he not realise by now that the worsening treatment of gypsies is, in some respects, even more cruel than under the segregation laws of Dr. Malan?

Mr. Macmillan

The hon. Gentleman asks me whether I have had a survey made. The county council have made it, and I think it is only reasonable to wait until their report is published.

Sir W. Smithers

Will my right hon. Friend give an assurance that the lives of these friends of mine will not in any way be interfered with, because they are such fine examples of free enterprise?