§ Major HILLSasked the Minister of Agriculture (1) what steps he has taken with regard to the application of the rural district council of Bosmere, Suffolk, to proceed against the British Acetate Silk Corporation, Limited, for pollution of the River Gapping by effluent from the corporation's factory;
(2) whether he has received the report of his inspector on the pollution of the River Gipping by an artificial silk factory; what was the purport of this report; whether he will publish the report; and whether the condition of the River Gipping is unchanged and the pollution still continues?
§ Sir K. WOODI have been asked to reply. My right hon. Friend has deferred consideration of the application pending the settlement of an independent action in the High Court to restrain the corporation from polluting the river. The report has been received. These reports are confidential documents for the information of the Minister, and it is thought undesirable to publish them. My 1797W right hon. Friend has received no complaints recently as to the condition of the river.