HC Deb 10 February 1949 vol 461 c88W
68. Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre

asked the Minister of Health whether he is yet able to make a statement on the representations made to His Majesty's Government by the local authorities and other persons concerned on the urgent necessity to provide proper accommodation for the gypsies resident in the New Forest.

Mr. Bevan

As a result of conferences held with representatives of the local authorities and others concerned it was agreed that a limited number of gypsy families should be housed in suitable hutted accommodation as a preliminary to their selection for the occupation of normal council houses. I am informed that up to the present seven selected families have been so accommodated at Stoney Cross; 42 more families are in other hutted camps and two families have been housed in pre-fabricated bungalows.

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