HC Deb 11 March 1965 vol 708 c161W
Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will take steps to charge some authority with the duty of finding alternative sites for caravans which have been displaced permanently by road widening schemes or for similar reasons.

Mr. MacColl

Local authorities already have power under Section 24 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act, 1960, to provide caravan sites in their own areas. My right hon. Friend has no reason to think that they do not generally deal sympathetically with deserving cases.

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