§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) when was the last occasion his Department requested or required any sewerage authority to fulfil its duties under Regulation 2(a)(iv) of the Civil Defence (Sewerage) Regulations 1949 in relation to planning such additional works and installations to bypass vulnerable points or to supplement existing services as may seem necessary in areas likely to be subject to hostile attack;
(2) when was the last occasion his Department required any statutory water authority to fulfil its duty under Regulation 2(a)(i) of the Civil Defence (Water Supplies) Regulations 1949 in relation to planning such control centres and stores for dispersal of stocks and such additional works for the purpose of by-passing vulnerable 249W points or supplementing existing supplies of water, as may seem necessary in areas likely to be subject to hostile attack.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWater authorities were asked in May 1983 to draw up civil defence plans by mid-1985, and I shall be asking them soon to report their progress.