Government underlines support for allotmentspublished at 14:50 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017
Oral questions
House of Lords
Parliament
Conservative Baroness Sharples asks what the government is doing to ensure that councils continue to provide suitable plots for allotments.
Communities and Local Government Minister Lord Bourne says the government recognises allotments are "valuable assets" and councils "must satisfy a range of criteria" before disposing of them.