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Olympic Games 2012: Travellers

Volume 691: debated on Wednesday 18 April 2007

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether Gypsies and Irish Travellers who are to be relocated because the land they now occupy is needed for purposes connected with the Olympic Games have been properly consulted, and offered suitable alternative sites. [HL2958]

The London Development Agency, which is responsible for delivering the land for the Olympic zone, consulted the Gypsies and Irish Travellers who are to be relocated, and the London boroughs that operate the existing sites, and has proposed alternative sites that are capable of accommodating all of those that need to be relocated.