§ 79. Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the Minister of Land and Natural Resources what consideration he has given to the conclusions in the Report of the Water Resources Board that expenditure of up to £850 million may be required before the end of the centnry to provide the water requirements for South-East England, and that in this connection reconnaissance should include a feasibility study of a Wash Barrage; and what steps are being taken to achieve the earliest possible conclusion of such study.
§ Mr. WilleyI have not yet anything to add to the statement circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT on 25th July in reply to a Question from the hon. and learned Member for Huntingdonshire (Sir D. Renton).