§ 22. Mr. KIRKWOODasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in viek of the complaints of Clydebank Town Council and other local authorities regarding the action of Glasgow Corporation in suspending, for reasons of economy, the chemical treatment of sewage entering the River Clyde at Dalmuir, he will request the Glasgow Corporation to reconsider the decision, in view of the danger to public health caused by the suspension of chemical treatment?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Mr. Skelton)The Department of Health for Scotland have received no complaints regarding the action of Glasgow Corporation in suspending the chemical treatment of sewage entering the River Clyde from the sewage works at Dalmuir, and I am informed that the Medical Officer of Health of Glasgow is of opinion that there has been no danger to public health arising from the action taken. The matter was, however, considered by the Corporation on the 16th instant, when they approved a recommendation that provision be made in their next year's estimates for the resumption of the chemical treatment of the sewage at the sewage works as from the 1st June, 1933.
§ Sir FRANCIS FREMANTLEAre we to take it that the chemical treatment was entirely supererogatory and useless?
§ Mr. SKELTONNo, sir; that conclusion cannot be drawn from my answer.