§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what further steps have been taken to assist the Hartlepool Local Authority in its proposals to deal with the problems of flooding; and what progress has been made by the authority to advance their schemes to deal with flooding to a point where loan sanctions can be considered.
§ Mr. GreenwoodA Senior Engineer from the Department visited Hartlepool last week and discussed with the Council's Engineer their proposals for dealing with flooding. Various major schemes of work are proposed. I expect to receive an application for loan sanction in respect of one such scheme within the next few days.