§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what is his policy on the eviction of squatters in the event of the proposed housing action trust being created on the Gloucester grove or North Peckham estates in Southwark;
(2) whether there will be any limitations on the time the proposed housing action trust in Southwark could continue to exist.
§ Mr. Trippier[holding answer 21 July 1989]: As I told the hon. Member in my replies to her on Thursday 20 July, one of the primary statutory objects of a housing action trust would be to secure the proper and effective management and use of the housing for which it was responsible. It would be for a trust to decide how to deal with problems of unlawful occupation of property by squatters.