HC Deb 25 February 1890 vol 341 cc1160-1
CAPTAIN VERNEY (Bucks, N.)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Local Government Board whether he is aware that, on the 5th January, 1889, the Buckingham Rural Sanitary Authority passed a Resolution to put into force the compulsory clauses of "The Allotments Act, 1887," in order to provide allotments for labourers of the Parish of Twyford; that, on the 31st of August last, this Resolution was rescinded; and that the labourers of the Parish of Twyford were by published placard, on the 10th of October last, the day before the polling day in North Bucks, answered that the required land was granted for the purpose; and whether the Twyford labourers have now got the allotments demanded under the Act of 1887; and, if not, whether there is any reasonable prospect of their obtaining them under that Act?

THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. LONG,) Wilts, Devizes

From the correspondence which has passed between the Rural Sanitary Authority of the Buckingham Union and the Board it appears that on the 5th of January, 1889, the Authority passed a Resolution to the effect that the compulsory clauses of the Allotments Act, 1887, should be put in force in order to provide allotments for labourers in the Parish of Twyford, and that on the 31st of August last, this Resolution was rescinded. I have no information as to the placard which is stated to have been published on the 10th of October last. The Board have been informed that the Sanitary Authority have been in communication with the rector of Lincoln College with a view to acquiring suitable land for the purpose of allotments. The sum asked for the land (£850, free from any tenants' compensation) is said, and certainly appears to be, a prohibitive price, and on the 21st of this month the Authority informed the Board that there is no other suitable land in the parish that would be convenient for the purpose of allotments. The Board regret this result, and that no allotments have as yet been provided. The Bill, however, which has been introduced providing for an appeal to the County Council will, if passed by the House, afford those interested an opportunity of obtaining further consideration of the matter.