§ 43. Sir Ernest Sheppersonasked the Minister of Health whether he will introduce legislation to ensure that an internal district drainage pumping plant used solely for the drainage of agricultural land comes within the Agricultural Derating Act?
§ Mr. ElliotI am afraid that I cannot undertake to introduce legislation for this purpose.
§ Sir E. SheppersonIs not the Minister aware that it is only in the past year that local authorities have made demands for rates on these pumping plants, and that those demands will be detrimental to the success of the land drainage schemes?
§ Mr. ElliotI am afraid that I could not undertake to introduce further legislation at the present time.