HC Deb 15 June 1979 vol 968 cc345-6W
Mr. Brocklebank-Fowler

asked the Minister of Transport when he expects to make a decision on the suggestion by the Norfolk county council that the Government should meet half the cost of providing a new pipeline to take water from the A10 at West Winch in order to avoid the continual flooding of local farmland; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

As the flooding is from nearby land which was used as a borrow pit by a contractor engaged on the Kings Lynn southern bypass scheme, Norfolk county council has been asked to look into insurance arrangements relating to the contract. Its report is expected very soon and a decision will then be taken without delay.