MR. J. W. WILSON (Worcestershire, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether, having regard to the difficult position of many local authorities who are being pressed to erect or reconstruct sewerage works, he can take steps to hasten the Report of the Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal, or give the House any idea of the probable date of the said Report.
§ *THE SECRETARY TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. T. W. RUSSELL,) Tyrone, S.The questions submitted to the Commission involve detailed and prolonged scientific research, and I cannot say when their Report is likely to be made. With a view to hastening their conclusions they have recently obtained the sanction of the Treasury to an increase of their scientific staff, and they are anxious to report at the earliest possible date.