To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how the Housing and Regeneration Bill is proposed to implement the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling on Travellers. (152938)

The provisions in the Housing and Regeneration Bill to implement the European Court of Human Rights ruling in the case of ‘Connors v. United Kingdom’ are currently under consideration. In the consultation on “The Governance of Britain—the Government’s Draft Legislative Programme”, published on 11 July 2007, the Government outlined its draft legislative programme for the next session of Parliament. The Housing and Regeneration Bill was listed as one of the proposed Bills, and we intend to use this Bill to legislate on the Connors judgment. The final legislative programme will be confirmed in the Queen’s Speech in the autumn.