HC Deb 13 April 1938 vol 334 c1152W
Lieut.-Colonel Heneage

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether his attention has been called to the discharge of sewage from Hemswell aerodrome into a stream flowing in the area between Spital and Bishop Norton; and whether, in view of the danger to inhabitants and dairy farms, he will say what steps have been taken to stop contamination?

Earl Winterton

The sewerage at the Royal Air Force Station at Hemswell is a modern installation and recent tests carried out by the Royal Air Force medical authorities of the treated effluent discharged into the stream have shown that the requirements of the Royal Commission on sewage disposal have been fulfilled and that there is no possibility of pollution from this source.