HC Deb 25 February 1870 vol 199 c800
MR. DIMSDALE

said, he wished to ask, Whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to introduce any measure during the present Session for the prevention of the Pollution of Rivers by Sewage?

MR. BRUCE

said, in reply, that a Report on a portion of that subject had just been presented, but there remained a considerable portion that had not yet been inquired into; and it would be extremely inconvenient to legislate on the question until it could be treated as a whole. It was not, therefore, the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill that Session.