§ 65. Mr. WRIGHTasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that in July, 1922, his Department received a petition from the inhabitants of the village of Dorsington in the County of Gloucester, complaining of the lack of a proper water supply for the village, and asking the Ministry of Health to take steps to secure a proper supply of water for the village; that repeated efforts have been made over a long period of time to persuade the rural district council to move in the matter without any result; that the only supply of water for this village is dipped from an open well situated between two pasture fields; and that the inhabitants are obliged to carry this water in buckets a distance of from 500 yards to half a mile; whether his Department has received a report from the Gloucestershire County Council on this matter, together with a request that some steps be taken to remedy the evil; and what steps he is taking to see that a proper supply is provided?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINI am aware of the circumstances referred to by the hon. Member, and I am already in communication with the rural district council in regard to the matter.
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSWill the Minister consider the advisability of additional legislative powers for providing these water supplies?