§ Mr. Lamondasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will ensure that the West Pennine Water Board have investigated every other possible source of water supplies before permitting the reduction of the quantities of compensation water which the Board arc required to discharge from their reservoirs.
§ Mr. Michael HeseltineThe West Pennine Water Board has applied for a drought Order under the Water Act, 1958, to permit the reduction of the compensation water required to be discharged from several of its reservoirs, and this is receiving urgent consideration. The possibility of its obtaining water from other sources is, of course, a question to be taken into account.