§ Major Procterasked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been 1736W called to two new Orders dealing with slum clearance in St. Helens which have now been put forward as supplementary to that corporation's original five-year plan; whether he is aware that the site proposed closely adjoins land through which the Rivington water mains of the Liverpool Corporation pass and that no main sewer exists on this site; and whether he will consider sympathetically the proposal of the St. Helens Property Owners' Association that the Orders should be suspended until the property owners concerned and the corporation can explore the possibility of an agreed scheme?
§ Sir K. WoodI have received these Orders and a local inquiry into them will be held by one of my inspectors on the 24th of this month. I have also received the rehousing proposals of the corporation and am aware that the site concerned is traversed by the Rivington water mains. The proposals include provision for the sewering of the site. I will give careful consideration to any representations which may be made to me before I give my decision upon the proposals.