§ 12. Mr. Hurdasked the Minister of Health to state the precise terms of reference for the local hearing into the application of the Metropolitan Water Board for authority under Section 8 of the Water Act, 1948, to survey and carry out borings on land at Brimpton; and to what extent the wider implications of the Board's proposal to flood the Enborne Valley are to be taken into account by the inspector holding this inquiry.
§ Mr. BevanThis local hearing will be limited to hearing the representations of those owners and occupiers who have objected under Section 8 to the proposal of the Water Board to survey their land. The application of the Board for authority to survey is all that is before me and consideration of any wider implications would be outside the scope of this hearing.