§ 32. Mr. Scott-Hopkinsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to ensure that, when good agricultural land is required for new reservoirs, only the minimum acreage is acquired in all cases.
§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsThe powers of river authorities and water undertakings are restricted to the acquisition of land required for the carrying out of their statutory functions. An authority which seeks compulsory powers to acquire land for a new reservoir or for other works must, of course, satisfy my right hon. and learned Friend that the extent of the proposed acquisition is justified.