§ Mr. Oakesasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now introduce legislation to forbid the discharge of untreated sewage into tidal rivers and the open sea.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe Working Party on Sewage Disposal made recommendations on the control of discharges to tidal rivers and to the sea. I hope to announce soon the Government's observations on these and the other main recommendations in the working party's report.
ENGLAND Mentally III Mentally Handicapped Local Authorities Other Organisations Total Local Authorities Other Organisations Total Courty Councils Bedford … — — — 39 18 57 Berks. … 19 3 22 16 16 32 Bucks. … — — — 132 — 132 Cambridge and Isle of Ely … 15 36 51 12 29 41 Cheshire … — 21 21 126 54 180 Cornwall … 73 — 73 70 — 70 Cumberland … 17 — 17 22 1 23 Derby … 12 — 12 67 18 85 Devon … — — — 143 — 143 Dorset … 16 8 24 56 33 89 Durham … 8 — 8 90 2 92 Essex … 32 39 71 95 94 189 Gloucester … — — — 20 — 20 Hampshire … — 21 21 65 108 173 Hereford … — — — 20 4 24 Herts … 37 23 60 97 95 192 Hunts, and Peterborough … — 3 3 33 1 34 Isles of Scilly … — — — — — — Isle of Wight … — 2 2 — 10 10 Kent … 27 — 27 102 — 102 Lancs. … 33 9 42 734 74 808 Leicester … 13 — 13 38 — 40 Lincolnshire— Holland … — — — 47 — 47 Kesteven … — — — 50 4 54 Lindsey … — — — 98 1 99 Norfolk … — 2 2 37 — 37 Northampton … — — — 27 — 27 Northumberland … — — — 31 — 31 Nottingham … 25 — 25 42 — 42 Oxford … 10 — 10 37 — 37 Rutland … — — — — 1 1 Salop … 14 1 15 97 2 99 Somerset … 14 — 14 46 — 46 Stafford … 23 — 23 176 4 180 Suffolk, East … — 6 6 28 8 36 Suffolk, West … — 2 2 — — — Surrey … 20 27 47 80 59 139 Sussex, East … 32 11 43 67 52 119 Sussex, West … 9 7 16 67 — 67 Warwick … — 4 4 33 3 36