ALLOTMENTS

Early day motion 272, tabled 23 November 2006 by James Paice (Conservative). Signed by 122 members.

That this House notes the benefits allotments provide to local communities, and particularly to pensioners, providing an outdoor activity, encouraging people to grow their own produce and promoting gardening and horticulture and a healthy lifestyle; further notes that many local authorities have had to sell land occupied by allotments as a result of development pressures; and calls on the Government to work with local authorities not only to stop a further loss of this provision but to encourage the availability of a greater number of allotments in local communities.

Signatures by party: Conservative 82, Labour 22, Liberal Democrat 12, DUP 5, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.