§ 74. Mr. Scott-Hopkinsasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government 242W what steps he is taking to ensure equality of treatment as between river authorities in their imposition of charges for water abstraction by country millers using water power who do not diminish the river flow or change the composition of the water used.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonNone. Milling abstractions are not equally significant uses of water in all areas. The justification for making a charge in some cases is that a licence to abstract puts an obligation on the river authority to maintain a given flow of water.