Object

Representation ID: 7737

Received: 23/09/2009

Respondent: Ray Bullen

Normal communities are naturally cautious about travellers and consider that threat of travelers is high priority in Community Safety Programme with threat of crime, begging, drug-selling and general generation of litter and worse left in sites they visit to say nothing of tax evasion either on incomes or Council tax. Few people wish to see them in vicinity or even miles away. Stabilising the situation by providing permanent sites means that problem doesn't go away whereas travelers are at least moved on.
Provision of sites encourages travelers to remain in that way of life.