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Business of the House

There can hardly be a Member in this House whose constituents, or at least some of them, have not been disturbed, harassed or, in extreme cases, threatened by the activities of Travellers. In Reading, we recently lost an entire week’s worth of cataract operations because of a Travellers’ encampment outside an NHS treatment centre. Given the wide disparity in approaches to that problem by police forces and local authorities, does the Leader of the House agree that there is a strong case for Ministers to come to the Dispatch Box to take part in a debate aimed at providing more efficient and tougher action in defence of the law-abiding community?