§ 21. Mr. Shortasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what representations he has received from the Northumberland and Tyneside River Board regarding a proposal by the Castle Ward Rural District Council to discharge a main drainage scheme into the tidal waters of the Tyne; and what reply he has given.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanThe River Board have represented that the scheme would increase the pollution of the tidal waters of the Tyne. I am satisfied that the scheme is necessary and I have, therefore, approved it; but my officers are discussing with the authorities concerned what can be done in the long term to improve the condition of the Tyne.