HC Deb 23 June 1964 vol 697 cc44-5W
36. Mr. Dudley Smith

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will recommend to all sewerage boards, about whose works there are public complaints, that they should install modern deodorising apparatus which is now available for such works.

Mr. Corfield

The proper remedy is to remove the cause of offence, which is generally overloading of the works or some failure of the plant. Experience of the deodorising systems at present available suggests that their effect is localised and uncertain, and my right hon. Friend could not undertake to recommend their use as a matter of general policy.