§ MR. R. K. CAUSTON (Southwark, W.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he has considered the report, to which his attention has been drawn, of the sanitary inspectors of the parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, in relation to the intermittent supply of water to a large number of consumers in Southwark by the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company; and whether he has now altered his views that there is no reasonable cause for complaint in the district, and will he take immediate action to remedy the evil?
§ MR. CHAPLINI have considered the reports. They related to deficiencies which almost all occurred several weeks previously to the date of the communication from the Vestry. I have no information and no evidence to show that there is any deficiency at the present time. I do not know whether the Vestry, when they had notice of these deficiencies, communicated with the water company, which might, I think, have been done with advantage. But they will have the opportunity directly, in the case of complaints, of taking action under the Bill which has been passed by Parliament during this Session. I am not aware of any further steps which I could take on behalf of the Local Government Board.