HC Deb 21 February 1946 vol 419 cc1285-6
21. Mr. John White

asked the Minister of Health what progress is being made with the plans for improving the water supply to farms and farm dwellings in the Elham Valley district of East Kent, further to the information given to the-hon. Member for Canterbury in the letter from the Parliamentary Secretary dated 18th September, 1945.

Mr. Bevan

Proposals for a main water supply in this area are included in a number of schemes which the rural district council propose to submit for grant under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944. The council are still in consultation with the county council on these schemes, as the Act requires, and it is, of course, desirable that extensive schemes should be considered in relation to proposals for other parts of the county.

Mr. White

Can the Minister give any idea how long it will be before these schemes will be put into operation?

Mr. Bevan

It is a matter entirely for the county council, not for me.