§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what reason he has been given, following his letter to the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds stating that water rate should not be levied on the business premises of Mrs. Y. P. Smith of Thurlow Motors, Suffolk, and that any rate paid since these premises were separated from her house should be repaid, for the Anglian Water Authority continuing to levy the said rate on grounds that his interpretation of the law is wrong.
§ Mr. Denis HowellUnder paragraph 46(4) of the Third Schedule to the Water Act 1945 a water authority is entitled to treat as one property for water charging purposes properties which, although separately rated, are adjoining with communication between them otherwise than
Lambeth Lewisham Wandsworth Total stock of dwellings … … … … 103,000 95,000 106,000 Unoccupied Council dwellings* … … … … 2,859 1,163 1,064 Private dwellings† … … … … 2,216 2,400 1,742 Other dwellings (housing associations etc.) … 308 200 not available * The figures for GLC dwellings are, I understand, not readily available. † The figures for private dwellings are based on vacant hereditaments in the rating lists and may include parts of multi-occupied properties and dwellings already demolished.