asked the Secretary of State for the Environment which local authorities in England and Wales are now required to exercise the duties imposed by Section 23 of the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908.

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 7th April 1977; Vol. 929, c. 640], gave the following information:In England, parish councils, or parish meetings, where they exist, otherwise district councils, or in Greater London, the London borough councils. The powers of London borough councils in inner London are permissive only.In Wales, the district and community councils, which have concurrent powers.