§ MR. ROBSONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If it is the intention of the Government to introduce, at an early date, a Bill dealing with the acquisition of the London Water Companies, so long looked forward to by the people of London?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CHILDERS)I am fully alive to the great importance of this question; but I think the question of the acquisition of the 1223 London Water Companies' property cannot be dissociated from the larger question of the government of London, as to which I hope to be able to make a statement in a few weeks.