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PLANNING, WATER SUPPLIES AND MINISTERIAL POWER IN INTER‐WAR BRITAIN
Author(s) -
SHEAIL JOHN
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9299.1983.tb00533.x
Subject(s) - delegate , parliament , power (physics) , period (music) , water resources , property rights , political science , business , law , politics , computer science , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , acoustics , biology , programming language
Despite several attempts to reform the structure of the water industry, little was achieved in the inter‐war period. Three phases in the perception of water‐use planning can be discerned, namely the period of post‐First World War reconstruction, the years 1929–34, and those of 1935–39. The allocation of water resources affected property rights so closely that Parliament was particularly reluctant to delegate its regulatory powers over the industry to ministers and their officials.