The following article seems to imply that the government would have been happy to sneak the proposals through, hoping nobody would notice:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 80970.html

The following question was asked at PMQ's on Wednesday: Mike Gapes (Ilford South) (Lab/Co-op): More than 100 years ago, Parliament legislated to make sure that local authorities provided allotments. Healthy local food is a very good part of good British values. Why therefore are the Prime Minister’s...