§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list those local authorities which have responded to the application to designate permanent caravan sites in Bradford; and if he will summarise each response which has been submitted;
(2) whether he has received an application from Bradford council to designate permanent traveller sites in Bradford; if he will give details of the grounds on which the application is based; if he will place copies of the
Consultee Response Metropolitan borough of Calderdale No observations. Leeds city council No objection. City of Wakefield metropolitan district council No objection. Lancashire county council No objection subject to assurances that Bradford will not seek to transfer gypsy families from Bradford to Pendle. Craven district council Support application. Borough of Pendle district council No objection. North Yorkshire county council Object because it would increase gypsy problems particularly in Harrogate and Craven districts. Kirklees metropolitan council No response. Bradford chamber of commerce Support application because of nuisance of unauthorised encampments on unsuitable sites and the shortage of land available for industrial/commercial development. Bradford Travellers' Action Support Campaign Objects because of councils policy of evicting gypsies off unauthorised sites the poor quality of existing sites and the perceived lack of legal grounds for granting designation as a matter of expediency. National Gypsy Council Response awaited. I will arrange for a copy of the City of Bradford metropolitan council's designation application to be placed in the Library of the House shortly.