§ MR. MARTIN (Worcestershire, Droitwich)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether he is aware that on October 6th, 1903, the Board of Trade gave permission to the Isle, of Wight Rural District Council to construct an outfall sewer upon the foreshore, at Norton, near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, in connection with the Freshwater and Totland sewerage scheme, upon condition that the length 1114 of pipe from high water mark to the point of discharge should be 1,300 feet and that the pipe was to be laid under the surface of the shore and sea-bed for the first 1,000 feet and partly under the surface of the sea-bed for the remaining 300 feet; and whether, seeing that the contractor has laid the pipe above the surface of the sea-bed, what steps the President of the Hoard of Trade proposes to take to compel the contractor to carry out the drainage according to the plan approved by his Board, in view of the danger to the sanitary condition of Freshwater and Totland, and the obstruction caused to in-shore navigation.
(Answered by Mr. Bonar Law.) The Board of Trade on the 11th instant called the attention of the rural district council to the facts as stated in the Question, and inquired what steps the council propose to take in order to bring the works into conformity with the plans sanctioned by the Board. The Board are now awaiting the reply of the council. They are, however, not aware that any danger to the sanitary condition of Freshwater and Totland could arise from the pipe as now laid.