§ MR ARTHUR LEEI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can hold out any hopes of his being in a position to introduce a Bill dealing with the disposal of sewage at an early date.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSThe Reports of the Royal Commission on Sewage Disposal are receiving my consideration with a view to legislation, but I do not think it will be practicable to introduce a Bill on the subject during the present session.
§ MR. ARTHUR LEEMeanwhile, will the Local Government Board afford some protection to councils placed on the horns of a dilemma?
§ MR. JOHN BURNSYes, there are two or three councils in the same position as the one to which the hon. Member's previous Question refers, and I am doing my best to arrange some reasonable compromise or safeguard.