§ 40. Sir W. Davisonasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the serious delays occurring throughout the London boroughs in the collection of dust by reason of shortage of staff, making in 392 many cases collections only possible at fortnightly or even three weeks' intervals, whereby dust has often to be dumped on the roadway; and will immediate arrangements be made for the release of suitable labour to enable these conditions, which are a danger to the health of the community, to be dealt with.
§ Mr. WillinkI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for North Lambeth (Mr. G. Strauss) on 8th February.
§ Sir W. DavisonDoes my right hon. and learned Friend realise that in many flats there is no room for the storage of dust for two or three weeks and that tenants are compelled by force of circumstances to remove it and dump it in the highway? Is not this a matter of great urgency?
§ Mr. WillinkI am fully aware of the seriousness of the position. Indeed, in the answer to which I have referred I described the situation as acute. I am doing my best about it.
§ Mr. G. StraussIs the right hon. and learned Gentleman aware of the divergence of practice, that in some boroughs they remove refuse more quickly than in others, and that some places are particularly bad?