Rogerstone Community Council And Allotments

EDM number 1777 in 2008-09, proposed by Paul Flynn on 30/06/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Local government.

That this House is appalled by the crass insensitivity of Conservative-controlled Rogerstone Community Council's threat to clear the allotment of war heroine and war widow Mrs Edith Avery, because she is cultivating too many flowers; notes that Mrs Avery is in her 90th year and has, for 30 years, tended the allotment which is situated a few feet from the back door of her cottage; congratulates Mrs Avery on the exemplary appearance of her allotment and understands her difficulty in growing vegetables at her advanced age; condemns the council's failure to answer letters from Mrs Avery's relative and from the hon. Member for Newport West that urged the exercise of a little humanity and common sense; and calls on the Conservative Party to condemn the petty, heartless, jobsworth stupidity of the Conservative Council and its leader who answered Mrs Avery's complaint about their dictatorial attitude with the comment `rules are rules'.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.