§ 80. Mr. Doddsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government, in view of the lack of success of local authorities in bettering the unsatisfactory situation of hundreds of gypsies and other travellers this winter without water or the most elementary services, often resulting in considerable nuisance to other people living in the locality, and the fact that several Government Departments are concerned with the problem, if he will set up an inter-departmental committee to deal with the unsatisfactory situation.
§ Mr. CrossmanMy Department is already in close touch with the other Departments concerned in the provision of welfare and other services for these families. The immediate problem, however, is the provision of sites and an inter-departmental committee could not help with this.