§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in the light of the Scottish Development Department's circular No. 11/1983 of 29 March 1983, identifying the elimination of lead from water as a priority task for local authorities, what additional financial resources he intends to provide to deal with the problem.
§ Mr. AncramI will continue to take account of the demand by authorities for resources to enable them to make progress with the elimination of lead from drinking water in my consideration of their capital programme and, where appropriate, of relevant expenditure for rate support grant.
§ Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to introduce legislation to deal with the problem of lead in water in Scotland.
§ Mr. AncramNo. The Government do not consider legislation the most appropriate instrument for this purpose.