§ Mr. John Leeasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is satisfied that the water supply to Reading is adequate in a dry summer; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. K. Robinson: Responsibility for meeting demands in Reading rests with the Thames Valley Water Board. They inform me that their sources are adequate to meet the foreseeable needs of a dry summer and that they already have further distribution works in hand to guard against a local shortage in the Reading area. If such a shortage occurred meanwhile because of a prolonged dry spell 290W it would not, I understand, mean more than a temporary ban on the use of hose-pipes and similar measures.