§ Mr. Jim Spicerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress 413W has been made in the setting up of a Standing Committee on Desalination.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe National Water Council has now decided, in consultation with the Department and the Water Research Centre, to set up a new Standing Committee on Water Treatment, which will meet for the first time next month. To avoid duplication and to ensure that technical matters concerning desalination are dealt with in the wider context of water treatment generally it has been agreed that the Desalination Committee should be constituted as a sub-committee of the new committee. Its tasks and membership will be substantially as already proposed.