§ Sir R. THOMASasked the Minister of Health the number of by-laws made, and the number applied for, under Section 2 (1) of the Pubilc Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926; the number of by-laws made or applied for under Section 5; the number of local authorities combining for the purposes 1070W of the Act as under Section 6; and the extent to which local authorities have made use of the powers to conduct researches as under Section 10?
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN51 by-laws have been made and confirmed by the Minister under Section 2 (1) of the Public Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926, and 37 more are under consideration; no application has been received for the confirmation of any by-laws under Section 5. One committee has been formed, so far as I am aware, with administrative powers under Section 6, representing two authorities; five regional advisory committees have been formed representing some 300 authorities. As regards the last part of the question, I have no exact information, but I am informed that 40 local authorities are co-operating in systematic observations of the extent of atmospheric pollution, and 33 authorities are contributing to the cost of the central services of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for supervising and co-ordinating the observations and towards research for improving the methods of making these observations.