§ 82. Mr. P. Noel-Bakerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what steps he has taken to increase the recruitment of public health inspectors who are qualified to undertake air pollution duties; and in what ways he helps local authorities with unfilled vacancies to find suitable candidates.
§ Mr. H. BrookeI cannot offer assistance to individual local authorities in filling particular posts, but I hope that the steps to be taken by the new Public Health Inspectors Education Board, set up in 1956, will encourage recruitment of suitably qualified staff.
§ 83. Mr. P. Noel-Bakerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government when he expects to reach a decision on the recent inquiry into the question whether further classes of works, including power stations, should be brought within the scope of the Alkali Act in order to reduce air pollution.
§ Mr. H. BrookeI hope to do so in the autumn.