HC Deb 22 December 1971 vol 828 cc350-1W
62. Dame Patricia Hornsby-Smith

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will have inspected the two sites adjacent to the A20 in the Chislehurst division, now occupied by caravans, bearing in mind that this area is Green Belt, that there is no sanitation or water laid on, that trees and shrubs have been destroyed, and that the London Borough of Bromley and its predecessors have already made permanent provision for a considerable number of gypsies and caravanners and should be protected against further incursions.

Mr. Graham Page

No. This is a matter for the local authority. More positive control powers should become available under the Caravan Sites Act, 1968, when the accommodation at the permanent site in Bromley is extended to 15 vans.