Politician to hold 90 minute debate on traveller sites (From Braintree and Witham Times)
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Politician to hold 90 minute debate on traveller sites
3:31pm Tuesday 12th July 2011 in Braintree and Witham News
Witham MP Priti Patel is to host a 90 minute Parliamentary debate on traveller sites in the area.
The debate entitled Government consultation on gypsy and traveller planning will take place at 2.30pm on Wednesday in Westminster Hall.
On June 23 she had asked Commons Leader Sir George Young for the debate to look into changing the consulation by the planning inspectorate on traveller sites across her constituency.
Ms Patel said: “It is about time planning policy respected the rights of the settled community and did not prioritise on dubious human rights grounds gypsy and traveller appeals.”
Comments(5)
Bitbytr_1
says...
5:44pm Tue 12 Jul 11
I fear your prejudices are clouding your partisanship...
Deadjim
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6:16pm Tue 12 Jul 11
Balexan
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11:10am Wed 13 Jul 11
Bitbytr_1 wrote:What prejudice? Please explain.
Er... What she is proposing seems to me to fall into one of your stated categories - "the general up keep of the area."
I fear your prejudices are clouding your partisanship...
Travellers are at the bottom of the list when it comes to the issues we are having. £18m has already been spent on one site in Essex, that is enough for one year!
Priti Patel has picked a subject that will put her in the spot light, nothing more. This is the problem with MP's, it is always about them and their status, instead of indentifying what is a priortity, and travellers are not one of them!
Deadjim, that was not clever, legal aid is already being brought into question and the poor are about to lose a lot of the free representation that is currently available, so i wouldn't bring that into the spotlight. The cost of tavellers using legal aid is nothing compared to the scumbags in our society that use it to defend the attrocious crimes they commit
The Stinker
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12:44pm Wed 13 Jul 11
Balexan says...
4:18pm Tue 12 Jul 11
I love the way Ms Patel selected a sensitive topic, when there are many many many more things that are more important than this! Picking a topic to boost credibility is not going to do you any favours.
How about you have debate on the state of the roads before the next winter sets in, or how about the poor public transport services. Er what else, binge drinking in town, loss of front line services, libraries, lack of jobs, population density, the general up keep of the area. There are dozens of things that you could choose, but lets go with the one that will give the points.
Go away Patel, we don't want a popularity contest, we want to see more work and a better standard of living!