§ Sir J. Lambasked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to a proposal to abstract water from a source at Draycott Cross, in the Cheadle (Staffs) Rural District, to augment supply in the area of the Staffordshire Potteries Water Board, and the strong feeling held in the Cheadle area against this on the grounds 640W that it would ultimately affect the wells at Teanford waterworks, approximately only 2,000 yards away; and what steps he is taking to protect and ensure an adequate supply of water for that area.
Mr. WillnkI am aware that the Staffordshire Potteries Water Board have under consideration a proposal to abstract water from a disused mine shaft near Draycott Cross in the Cheadle rural district, and I have asked the Board to inform me of the statutory powers on which they rely for the works. My consent to the abstraction of the water will be required only if the Board apply for an Order under Defence Regulation 50A, in which event an opportunity would be given to all interested bodies and persons to be heard when the application is received, and full consideration would be given to the steps required to protect water supplies in the neighbourhood.