asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider, as one method of relief work for the unemployed, the supply of water to rural districts in which at present water has to be brought from a distance, thus ensuring an ample supply of pure water which is necessary for the preservation of health?

Schemes of this kind submitted by local authorities will be considered if the degree of local unemployment be sufficient to warrant this course, and if the proposals be practicable from an engineering and financial point of view.