§ Mr. Granvilleasked the Minister of Health if he is aware that six elderly people living in Peppers Wash, Suffolk, have to walk half a mile to get water, despite the fact that they are paying water rates; and what steps he is proposing to take to get water supplies to villages in Suffolk.
§ Mr. BevanYes. The hon. Member will know from the letter that was sent to him on 27th April that the local authority have decided that the cost of providing a public supply would be unreasonable, and that I cannot determine the question in this particular instance unless I am asked to do so by the county council or by 10 or more local government electors in the district. In general, I am always ready to consider proposals submitted by the responsible local authorities and, I have in fact authorised since the end of the war work to the value of more than £750,000 on rural water supplies in Suffolk.