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• TLRP response to Government consultation on disputes on Mobile Homes Act sites

  The department for Communities and Local Government is currently (July 2008) consulting on proposed changes to the way disputes are resolved on sites covered by the Mobile Homes Act 1983.

  Click here to read TLRP's response to the
  Government's consultation paper.
  
  
  
• Education and Skills Bill

  The Education and Skills Bill completes its passage through the House of Lords in July 2008.

  Click here to read the TLRP commentary on the bill
  
  
  

• Traveller Law Reform Project recommendations on Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessments and the planning process for provision of accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers in England

  Download the PDF document here
  
  

• TLRP response to the Planning Bill

  The Planning Bill finished its passage through Commons Public Bill Committee on 5 February 2008 and a revised version of the Bill was published at that time. It will return to the Commons for Report and Third Reading in the near future.

  The following briefing has been prepared for the Traveller Law Reform Project with the help of Marc Willers of Garden Court Chambers.

  Click here to read the briefing (PDF)

  
  
• TLRP Commentary on the Housing and Regeneration Bill 2008
  
  Read the commentary on how the Housing and Regeneration Bill 2008 will affect Gypsies and Travellers in England and Wales
  
  
  
• TLRP response to the Housing Green Paper

   

  In July the Government published a consultation paper on affordable and sustainable housing. This will lead to a Housing and Regeneration Bill which may present opportunities for Gypsy and Traveller site provision. For more about the proposals, visit our news page.
  You can read TLRP's response here.
  
  You can read a commentary on the Planning Reform and Housing and Regeneration Bills here and a shorter version here.
  
  
  
• TLRP Response to the Single Equality Bill
  
  

  In June 2007 the Government published its Discrimination Law Review, making proposals for a new Single Equality Bill which would replace existing equality laws and give the new CEHR a framework for its activities. The Traveller Law Reform Project, along with many other organisations, thinks that the proposals are bad and would weaken existing protection for ethnic minorities, including Gypsies and Irish Travellers.

   

  For more on this bill, please visit our news page

    

  You can read TLRP's response here.

  
  
  
• Planning policy and site provision

   

  During 2006 and 2007 Local Planning Authorities are carrying out Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessments (GTAA).

   

  There is deep concern at the quality of many of the GTAAs, many of which seriously underestimate the numbers of Gypsies and Travellers and the consequent need for new pitches. Friends, Families and Travellers (one of TLRP's member groups) carried out a survey of GTAAs. Read the report here.
  
  
  
• Please sign this new petition to support Gypsies and Travellers rights on local authority caravan sites.
  http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/travsecure/
  or print a copy of the petition (PDF)
  and send to the TLRP office
  
  
• TLRP Response to CLG Consultation on the Amendment to the Temporary Stop Notice Regulations
  
  
• CLG Consultation on the Amendment to the Temporary Stop Notice Regulations
  
  
• Security of Tenure Bill (pdf)
  
  
• Read the New Gypsy and Traveller site
  Tenancy Agreeements: good practice on licence agreements, by Chris Johnson, TAT, 2005
  
  
• TLRP response to the Mayor of London's

  "Planning for Equality and Diversity in London : Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance to the London Plan".
  
  
  
• The Mayor of London's Planning for Equality and Diversity in London: Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance to the London Plan
  
  
  
• TLRP reponse to "Fairness and Freedom: the Final Report of the Equalities Review"
  
  
  
• Fairness and Freedom: the Final Report of the Equalities Review
  
  
  
• Lord Avebury's research into Travellers and the Homeless Act pdf)
  
  
• Read the House of Commons Version of the Traveller Law Reform Bill (TLR Bill)
  
  
  
• Read the original version of the Traveller Law Reform Bill drafted by the Traveller Law Research Unit of Cardiff University. This page takes a while to load, so please be patient.
  
  
  
• Read the explanatory notes to the ordinal version as written by the Traveller Law Research Unit of Cardiff University. This page takes a while to load, so please be patient.
  
  
  
• Read the Guide to the Bill, as written by the Traveller Law Research Unit of Cardiff University.