§ Mr. George Gardinerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment is it his policy to allow county councils to purchase private land in order to fulfil their obligations to provide gipsy camp sites.
§ Mr. MarksThe duty of county councils is defined as being to determine what 725W sites are to be provided and to acquire or appropriate the necessary land. Whether they appropriate land in their own ownership or acquire land belonging to someone else is a matter for them and depends on where the most suitable site can be found.