§ Mr. Loftusasked the Minister of Health if, where villages lack adequate water supplies and are near or adjacent to aerodromes, he will authorise the connecting of the villages to the water supply of the aerodromes.
§ Mr. WillinkI am prepared to consider on its merits any such proposal submitted to me by a local authority in agreement with the Air Ministry, subject always to the necessary war-time restrictions on the use of labour, materials and capital. My hon. Friend will appreciate that it rests with the Air Ministry to say whether service needs will permit water being made available to the local authority in a particular case.
§ Mr. Manningham-Bullerasked the Minister of Health in what administrative counties the 1,203 parishes having a privately-owned piped water supply are located and the number in each county.
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§ Mr. WillinkThe statement appended gives the information desired.
STATEMENT County and Number of Parishes with private piped water supply. Berks 15 Buckingham 3 Cambridge 3 Chester 9 Cornwall 13 Cumberland 7 Derby 33 Devon 28 Dorset 64 Durham 19 Essex 5 Gloucester 74 Hereford 73 Hertford 7 Huntingdon 3 Kent 5 Lancaster 11 Leicester 17 Lincoln, Kesteven 13 Lincoln, Lindsey 29 Norfolk 12 Northampton 41 Northumberland 210 Nottingham 8 Oxford 31 Rutland 11 Salop 67 Somerset 44 Southampton 25 Stafford 19 Suffolk East 8 Suffolk West 11 Surrey 4 Sussex East 9 Sussex West 17 Warwick 17 Westmorland 8 Wilts 58 Worcester 18 Yorks. E. Riding 8 Yorks. N. Riding 82 Yorks. W. Riding 64 Total 1,203