§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if the approval of both a health board and the relevant water authority in an area is necessary before the introduction of fluoride to public water supplies. [32407]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonSection 1 of the Water (Fluoridation) Act 1985 provides that a statutory water undertaker may, where a health authority has made an application to it to do so, increase the fluoride content of the water supplied by it within the area specified in the application.