§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those London boroughs so far exempted from the provisions of the Caravan Sites Act 1968; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneThere are no longer provisions to exempt authorities from the duty to provide accommodation for gipsies under the 1968 Act. These provisions were repealed by the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980. Three London boroughs—Camden, Islington and Westminster—have been designated under section 12 of the 1968 Act without the need to provide sites. The effect of designation is to provide the designated authority with specific powers to control unauthorised gipsy encampments.