§ 62. Mr. Grimondasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will take steps to improve and coordinate water supplies.
§ Mr. SandysA great deal has been done in recent years to develop water supplies, including the increase of storage capacity, improved purification arrangements and the extension of piped supplies to rural areas. Much information will be found in the last Report of my Department. 43W Recently I have reconstituted the Central Advisory Water Committee for England and Wales, and, at my suggestion, that Committee has put in train an investigation into the growing demands for water for all purposes, and into the most practical methods of meeting that demand.