§ 21. Mr. Doddsasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, to make a statement indicating the results so far obtained from the 1718 arrangements made by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, in co-operation with local authorities, to-measure smoke and sulphur dioxide and so identify pollutants during periods of persistent smog.
§ Mr. BevinsMeasurements of air pollution are being made every day by local authorities and others in co-operation with the Fuel Research Station; the preliminary results are analysed in a monthly bulletin which is issued to Government Departments and local authorities. The help of Civil Defence volunteers is enlisted when the Meteorological Office predicts a severe fog to last more than 24 hours. This has happened only once this winter—on 16th November, 1954—and as the fog was dispersed by rain after a few hours, it was impossible to obtain the desired scientific information.
§ Mr. BevinsNot without notice.