§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether his Department has conducted or commissioned any market research on the public opinion towards metering of the water supply; and if he will publish any responses.
§ Mr. MoynihanThe Department has not carried out or commissioned any market research on public attitudes358W towards water metering, but it will monitor carefully the public reaction to the forthcoming programme of compulsory metering trials to be run in selected areas by the water industry over the next four years. The public's reaction to metering is one of the major issues the trials are intended to explore.