§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will issue a circular to the new district and parish councils encouraging them to form allotment committees, and advising those authorities on the most appropriate ways of providing for representation of allotment and garden societies.
§ Mr. Graham PageNo. The Local Government Act 1972 has repealed most of the statutory requirements upon local authorities to establish particular committees, including allotment committees. The new authorities are free to set up whatever committees they feel necessary for the effective discharge of their functions. In doing so they will no doubt42W make appropriate use of the general powers of co-option available to them under the Act and have regard to the advice on committee structures contained in the Bains Report.