§ Mr. Durantasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement on the membership of the National Water Council.
§ Mr. HeseltineSir William Dugdale Bt CBE MC, chairman of the Severn-Trent Water Authority, is being appointed as chairman of the National Water Council, to succeed Sir Robert Marshall KCB MBE, who is to relinquish the chairmanship of the council at the end of November.