§ 35. Mr. ROWLANDSasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware that the River Beult, in Kent, has not been cleaned out for a, long number of years, and this results in floods which interferes with the cultivation of the land in the parishes through which the river flows; and if he will say what is to be done to get rid of the nuisance and improve the river?
§ Sir R. WINFREYAn inspection of the River Beult was made recently by the Board's drainage inspector, whose reports confirm the statements made in the question. The Board have suggested to the Kent Agricultural Executive that a 170 conference of the persons concerned should be called and that, if necessary, the committee should use their powers under the Defence of the Realm Regulations to secure the cleansing of the channel and the improvement of the drainage.