§ MR. LEEMANasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether the attention of Her Majesty's Government has been called to the immense loss which has lately been caused by the flooding of the Rivers Ouse and Derwent (Yorkshire); and, whether the Government are prepared to pass the Rivers Conservancy Bill into Law this Session?
§ MR. DODSON, in reply, said, that the attention of Her Majesty's Government had not been officially called to the damage done by the recent floods. But he was well aware of the liability of those rivers to floods, and the serious damage occasioned thereby. Her Majesty's Government were as desirous as ever to pass the Rivers Conservancy Bill this Session, and they hoped to do so.