Allotments

EDM number 631 in 1998-99, proposed by David Crausby on 11/05/1999.

That this House recognises the health benefits of allotment gardening, welcomes the good work carried out in communities across the country by allotment groups such as the Bolton Allotments Council; notes the value of allotment gardening in leisure provision, exercise, growing of fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers whilst providing therapeutic health benefits; and calls upon the Government to overhaul allotments legislation and do all it can to protect allotment sites in the future especially in the interest of allotment holders.

This motion has been signed by a total of 82 MPs.