HC Deb 20 July 1964 vol 699 cc34-5W
66. Mr. Blackburn

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what investigations have been made since the inquiry of 1958 into the possibility of beach pollution from sewage outfall.

Mr. Corfield

The inquiry to which the hon. Member refers was concerned with possible risks to health from sewage discharged to the sea; its findings were conclusive and there has been no further study on those lines. But the Water Pollution Research Laboratory of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is carrying out an investigation into ways of improving the design and siting of sewage outfalls.