§ Mr. Dunnasked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that many acres of valuable agricultural land is waterlogged in the valley of the River Rother; that in the parishes of Beighton, Orgreave, Treeton, Handsworth, Canklow, Brinsworth and Dalton all the land now out of use can, by proper drainage and reclamation schemes, be brought back into cultivation; and will he undertake to do something in the matter?
§ Mr. RamsbothamMy right hon. Friend is aware that land drainage conditions in the Rother Valley are unsatisfactory. Remedial works are, however, contemplated by the River Ouse (Yorks) Catchment Board as part of their State-aided improvement scheme, but the carrying out of these works must necessarily depend to a large extent upon the completion of the works on the Don that are now in full operation so that a proper outfall may be secured for the flood waters of the Rother.