§ Mr. W. R. Duckworthasked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that the number of post-war houses completed in May was approximately half the total of houses in existence in England and Wales in 1918, he can state whether this proportion applies to Lancashire as a whole?
§ Mr. ElliotThe corresponding proportion in the Administrative County of Lancaster (together with the 17 associated county boroughs) was approximately 40 percent.
County. Number of applications from county districts in Wales for consent to loan, decided since 1stApril, 1933, or at present under consideration in respect of Water supply Sewerage and sewage disposal. Sanctioned Refused. Under consideration. Sanctioned. Refused. Under consideration. Anglesey … 17 — 9 4 — 3 Brecknock … 13 — 3 8 — 8 Cærnarvon … 68 — 13 27 — 10 Cardigan … 50 1 14 3 — — Carmarthen … 44 1 10 14 1 1 Denbigh … 42 — 7 34 — 4 Flint … 29 — 1 21 — 3 Glamorgan … 108 — 13 49 2 18 Merioneth … 25 — 7 6 — 4 Monmouth … 19 — 8 27 — 11 Montgomery … 7 — 10 1 — — Pembroke … 53 1 14 6 — 3 Radnor … 3 — 5 2 — — Totals … 478 3 114 202 3 65 A complete record of the cases in which applications were withdrawn is not readily available in the Department, but it is estimated that the number withdrawn since 1st April, 1933, does not exceed 12 in all.
The figures in the above table relate to separate applications for consent to loans; these figures will exceed the number of schemes of water supply and sewerage approved, as, in a number of cases, more than one application for loan will have been received in respect of the same scheme.
§ Mr. Pooleasked the Minister of Health whether an adequate sewage scheme for the Forydd district of the Abergele urban district area has yet been completed, and a complete cessation made of the practice of depositing sewage on the foreshore?