§ MR. WHALLEYsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recommendation of the Royal Commissioners, that the supply of Water in the metropolis should be on the system of constant instead of intermittent supply, Whether it is the intention of the Government to adopt any and what measures, with a view to giving effect to such recommendation?
MR. BRUCEsaid, in reply, that the recommendation of the Royal Commissioners went much further than the mere question of an intermittent or constant supply of water. They proposed that the task of supplying water should be transferred from the private companies to a central body, and that every householder should be obliged to take water on condition of being supplied constantly. Now, in order to give effect to the recommendations of the Commission it seemed necessary to create a central authority for the metropolis. He had been in communication with the Metropolitan Board of Works on the subject, and having given to it all the attention in his power it appeared to him that this measure could not be properly carried into effect unless in connection with the measures for creating a general government for the metropolis.