Orders of the Day — Water Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 February 1945.

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Photo of Mr Rhys Davies Mr Rhys Davies , Westhoughton 12:00, 21 February 1945

North Wales is not peculiar in that respect. I have seen places in England like that too. I have also seen the case where they have been induced to bring the water down from the lake to the village, and they put all the taps outside instead of inside the houses. There has been a great deal of criticism of the Ministry of Health about water supplies, but in my experience of public life I believe that the local authorities must be enthused; ought to be induced by the intervention of the Minister to do some of the things which this Bill calls upon them to do. A clean water supply in the houses of the people is after all the greatest asset for health; it is the health of the nation that counts in the end, and from that angle I also welcome this Bill.