§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the form of the current undertakings as to liability regarding the effects of any additional chemicals added to the public water supply at the request of health or other authorities.
§ Mr. FreemanI have been asked to reply.
I have today placed in the Library a copy of the model agreement dated November 1987 which provides the basis for discussions between health authorities and water undertakers on the terms under which fluoridation of domestic water supplies may be carried out. This includes a copy of the terms of the indemnity which is provided for water undertakers operating fluoridation schemes.