asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the protest sent from 2,000 ratepayers in Shrewsbury against proposals to dump refuse on a site between two good-class residential districts on the banks of the Severn in Shrewsbury, alongside a public footpath used by thousands of people daily, including schoolchildren; and whether, in view of the local circumstances, he will advise the local authority that controlled tipping is less hygienic than incineration as a means of disposal of refuse in this case?

A public local inquiry with reference to this proposal has been held by one of my right hon. Friend's Inspectors at which full opportunity was given to the opposition to state their case. The Inspector's report is now being considered.