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WATER SUPPLY. Note by the Minister without Portfolio covering Report of Interdepartmental Committee.

9 Aug 1943

2 2. We now beg to submit our report. This is concerned, like the discussion in the Lord President's Committee, with the position in England and Wales, but we attach (Appendix I) a memorandum by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland setting out the main facts of the corresponding Scottish position and dealing with the possible application of our report to that country. The two countries are entirely separate in regard to water supplies and their administra- tion The report is divided into three sections : in the first we review the general supply and demand position in regard to water, in the second we refer to the proceedings of the Joint Select Committee of 1935 and the recommendations of the Milne Committee on the general administration of water resources, and in the last section we discuss alternative policies open to the Government.
public health electricity water supply government departments industry pipelines rationing rivers sanitation supply weather oil fuel utilities industrial consumption civil consumption government committees nationwide lord president's committee river thames committee on water supply
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/13/73
Document Types
Memorandum Report
File Reference
CAB 71/13
Former Department Reference
LP(43) 190
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000013.073
Keywords
Civil Consumption Electricity Government Committees Government Departments Industrial Consumption Industry Oil Pipelines Public Health River Thames Rivers Sanitation Water Supply Weather
Language
English
Organizations Discussed
Committee on Water Supply Lord President's Committee
Pages
16
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Papers Nos. 120(43) - 216(43)
Themes
Rationing Supply Fuel Utilities

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