§ Sir E. GRAHAM-LITTLEasked the Minister of Health the number of sewerage schemes necessitated by the extension of residential and industrial development in the districts immediately outside the Metropolitan area which his department has sanctioned in the last three years; whether he is aware that dissatisfaction exists as to the delay in sanctioning such schemes; and what action he proposes to take to remove the cause of complaint?
Sir H. YOUNGDuring the past three years, loans for 306 schemes or sewerage and sewage disposal have been sanctioned by my Department for districts within 25 miles of Charing Cross and outside the Metropolitan area. These schemes have, in large measure, been necessitated by residential and industrial development. Their estimated cost was over £3,700,000. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative, and as regards the last part I shall be glad to be furnished with any instances of alleged delay.