§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, in view of the public anxiety that the scheme of the Alton Rural District Council to extend main drainage to the parish of Four Marks, due to begin in 1974, has 134W been deferred following central Government policy, he will make a statement on this matter.
§ Mr. Graham PageMy right hon. and learned Friend sympathises with the desire of my hon. Friend's constituents to see this extension carried out. But he commends the rural district council's response to the Government's initiative, which in the wider interest was aimed at reducing excessive demands on the construction industry.