§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture whether allotments on land acquired under the Cultivation of Lands Order may be required to be surrendered at any time, allotments on land acquired under the Smallholdings and Allotments Acts, 1908 to 1919, are held subject to the agreement between the allotments authority and the landlord, and allotments acquired by private agreement between 1040W owner and tenant are held subject to such agreement; whether the tenure of allotments last referred to is in any way directly controlled by the Allotments Acts; whether, and, if so, in what respect, the Agriculture Bill proposes to alter the tenure of the three classes of allotments above mentioned; whether it is proposed in that Bill to make invalid a notice to a farmer to quit which purports to terminate his tenancy before the expiration of 12 months from the date on which the notice is given; whether that provision will apply to an allotment garden; and, if not, whether he will amend the Bill and grant to allotment holders the same concession on tenure as proposed to be given to farmers?
Sir A. BOSCAWENThe tenure of allotments is as indicated in the hon. Member's question. The tenure of allotments acquired by private agreement between owner and tenant is not affected by any Act relating to the provision of allotments. The length of notice to be given by a landlord or tenant to determine a tenancy is not proposed to be altered by the Agricultural Bill in the case of allotment gardens, but only in the case of other agricultural holdings. The extension of this provision to allotment gardens will be considered.