§ 36. Mr. ASTORasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether boys are allowed to bathe, and do bathe, in the canal in Regent's Park; and whether the water in the canal is partly derived from sewage effluents?
§ Mr. WEDGWOOD BENN (Lord of the Treasury)The Regent's Canal is not under the jurisdiction of the First Commissioner, and he has no power to issue bathing regulations in respect of it.
§ Mr. WEDGWOOD BENNIt has been considered inadvisable to permit bathing in these lakes.