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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 17 February 1998.

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

TAKEN BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 1998

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Members present:

Mr Andrew F Bennett, in the Chair

Mr Tom Brake	Mrs Louise Ellman
Christine Butler	Mr James Gray
Mr John Cummings	Mr Bill Olner
Mr Brian H Donohoe	Dr Alan Whitehead
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody

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Memorandum by Professor David Crouch (AL 17)

Memorandum by the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners Ltd (AL 22)

1. HISTORY
2. THE VALUE, QUALITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF ALLOTMENTS
3. THE EXTENT OF INTEREST IN ALLOTMENT CULTIVATION
4. THE EFFICIENT USE OF ALLOTMENT LAND
5. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STATUTORY PROTECTION FOR ALLOTMENT SITES
6. THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DETR, LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER BODIES
APPENDIX
CASE HISTORIES

Examination of witnesses

PROFESSOR DAVID CROUCH, Reader in Culture, Landscape and Leisure, Anglia Polytechnic University, and MR GEOFF STOKES, Secretary, National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners, were examined.

Question Number

1 - 19
20 - 39
40 - 60

Supplementary Memorandum by Professor David Crouch (AL 17(a))

  

Memorandum by Leys Road Allotment Association, Blackpool (AL 71)

Memorandum by Anne Wareham (AL 07)

Memorandum by Kathryn Mansell and Ian Brown (AL 05)

Memorandum by Peter McGreevy (AL 04)

Examination of witnesses

MS ANNE WAREHAM, Secretary, MS KATHRYN MANSELL, Committee Member, and MR PETER MCGREEVY, Committee Member, Leys Road Allotments Association, Blackpool, were examined.

Question Number

61 - 79
80 - 99
100 - 118

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Prepared 3 April 1998