l4, 15 and 16. Mr. Mossasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs (1) what reply he has given to the request from the clerk of the Atherstone Rural District Council to receive a deputation on the subject of the proposed Polesworth, Dordon and Warton Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Scheme;
(2) whether he has considered the letter from the clerk of the Atherstone Rural District Council stating that, in the view of the council, the Polesworth, Dordon and Warton Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Scheme is eligible for grant under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Acts, 1944 and 1955; and what was his reply;
(3) whether he will accept for grant aid the proposed Polesworth, Dordon and Warton Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Scheme, in view of the fact that the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944, permits the Minister to make grants in aid of rural sewerage schemes where such schemes are associated with the provision or improvement of piped water supplies.
§ Mr. BevinsGrant has been refused on this sewerage scheme, and my right hon. Friend is now considering a letter from the hon. Member urging that his decision should be reconsidered, and also a request from the clerk to the Atherstone Rural District Council that a deputation should be received. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible.