HC Deb 27 April 1909 vol 4 c307W
Mr. RENDALL

asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can give an assurance that the War Department will discontinue to supply water to private consumers at Ludgershall, viz., the railway company, the Wilts County Council, and the tenant at the Manor Farm, Ludgershall, in accordance with a request set forth in a letter addressed to him on 17th March last, as by supplying these sources the War Department are preventing private enterprise and preventing developments which cannot go on until there is an adequate supply of water?

Mr. HALDANE

The War Department is not desirous of continuing the supply of water to the railway company at Ludgershall and to the Wilts County Council when an alternative supply is available. The Manor House, Ludgershall, is the property of the War Department, and is supplied by the War Department main. It is not proposed to alter the present arrangements for the supply of the farm or to pay any private enterprise for what the Department can supply.