§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, when he has succeeded in having identified those properties which are not connected to the public sewers, he will take steps to refund these ratepayers any sewerage charges they may have paid under the terms of the Water Authorities (Collection of Charges) Order 1974.
§ Mr. Denis HowellI would refer the hon. Member to my Written Answer of 2nd May to Questions by my hon. Friend 37W the Member for Keighley (Mr. Cryer) and the hon. Members for Bodmin (Mr. Tyler) and Oswestry (Mr. Biffen).—[Vol. 872, c. 548–9.]
§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, when he has succeeded in having identified those properties which are not connected to the mains water supply, he will take steps to refund these ratepayers any water charges they may have paid under the terms of the Water Authorities (Collection of Charges) Order 1974.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe background to this problem was explained in my written reply to the Question on this subject to the hon. Member on 17th June.
Number of persons summoned Number of offences Number of successful cases* Number of persons 1969 … … 91 143 97 64 1970 … … 71 99 60 47 1971 … … 58 88 51 40 1972 … … 77 118 59 44 1973 (January-September) … … 58 146 97 45 * For general purposes Home Office definition of "found guilty" covers "fined", "imprisonment", "Absolute discharge" and "conditional discharge".