HC Deb 13 February 1941 vol 368 c1513
19. Mrs. Tate

asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet completed his inquiries into the water shortage at Timsbury, in Somerset?

Mr. E. Brown

I am advised that enlargement of the existing reservoir would not provide a practicable remedy for the intermittent shortage in time of drought of which complaint has been made. The rural district council are, with geological advice, seeking a supplementary source of supply, and I have indicated that if they are successful in their exploration they should prepare a scheme for execution when conditions permit.

Mrs. Tate

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the water shortage at Timsbury is not a matter of a shortage when there is a drought, it is an annual occurrence; and with the present large number of evacuees it is a matter of urgency which cannot be left until after the war?

Mr. Brown

I know Timsbury well and realise the difficulties.

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