§ MR. JOHN WILSON (Durham, Mid)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will give a Return showing the number of sewage schemes by artificial process alone, the names of the authorities, with the amount of loan in each case.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) In consequence of the recommendation made by the Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal in their Interim Report, the Local Government Board have in some special cases made an exception to their ordinary rule, and have sanctioned loans for schemes of the kind referred to without requiring that the sewage shall be applied to land. The names of the authorities in these cases and the amount of the loans sanctioned are as follows—Easington Rural District Council, £7,000; Gorton Urban District Council, £21,519; Pontefract Town Council, £15,506; Blackwell Rural District Council, £6,840; Heywood Town Council, £21,500; I have of course not included in this statement cases in which the sewage is discharged directly into the sea or into tidal waters.