§ MR. HEYWOOD JOHNSTONEI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if it is the intention of the War Office to drain the camp at Longmoor into a brook which is a confluent of the River Rother; and, if so, will he state what precautions will be taken to render the discharge of sewage into that brook innocuous before it reaches the Rother; and if, before any scheme is sanctioned for the disposal of the sewage from this camp, the opinion of the Local Government Board will be taken as to the suitability of the scheme, and as to how far it may fulfil the requirements which they impose upon local authorities who have to provide for the disposal of sewage.
§ *MR. BRODRICKIt is not contemplated to drain the camp at Longmoor directly into any brook or river. The sewage will be subjected to biolytic treatment on approved principles and the effluent will, as a further safeguard, be subjected to land treatment in accordance with the views held by the Local Government Board
§ MR. HEYWOOD JOHNSTONEWill the local bodies affected be allowed to take samples of the effluent in order to have them tested?
§ *MR. BRODRICKI shall be happy to confer with my hon. friend on that point.