§ Sir W. Edgeasked the Minister of Health whether he will consider advising local authorities as to the proper standard of sanitary accommodation in camping grounds.
§ Mr. WillinkThe sanitary condition of camping grounds is now regulated by Section 269 of the Public Health Act, 1936, which entrusts to local authorities the granting or withholding of licences for moveable dwellings. They may attach to a licence such conditions as they think fit, inter alia, for securing sanitary conditions. The conditions imposed must to a large extent turn upon the circumstances of the site and general advice would not be of much assistance. Local authorities have not indicated to me that they need advice in the exercise of their powers under the Section, but the help of officers of the Ministry is always available in dealing with any application of special difficulty.