In view of the progress made in 1939 I should not expect this Bill to arouse a any serious controversy, although there might well be differences of view on some points of detail. Discussions have already taken place with representatives of the British Waterworks Association and of the Local Authority Associations. A number of improvements of a drafting character will be made in the Bill before re- introduction, and I hope that amendments of substance will not be sufficiently numerous to necessitate reference to a Joint Select Committee in view of the exhaustive examination which the Bill received in 1939.