§ 31. Sir ROBERT YOUNGasked the Minister of Health whether he has received any report of the bad conditions of the Golborne, Lancashire, water supply; whether he is aware that the water services are practically choked with manganese dioxide and that the supply of drinking water is often dirty; and whether he will take steps to remedy this matter, in the interests of public health?
§ The MINISTER of HEALTH (Sir Kingsley Wood)I have received a communication, which refers to pollution by manganese dioxide, from the Golborne Urban District Council. I am communicating with the authorities concerned.