§ SIR WALTER FOSTER (Derbyshire, Ilkeston)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board, if an inquiry has been held at Doncaster on an implication from the corporation of that place to sell certain land now occupied as 377 gardens and allotments by working men; and whether he will, in making any order for the sale, protect the interests of the tenants as regards expenditure on the land, and direct the corporation to provide, if possible, land for allotments in place of that proposed to be sold.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL,) Tyrone, S.The answer to the first paragraph is in the affirmative. The report of the inspector on the Inquiry has just been received, and in dealing with it I will give consideration to the points referred to by the hon. Member. I understand, however, that the corporation have already before them the question of providing allotments in substitution for those proposed to be sold, and I have every reason to suppose that they will deal generously with the existing tenants.