§ MR. KIMBER (Wandsworth)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, as the Board have struck out at the instance of Local Authorities Clause 6 of the Board's Model Order prohibiting a supply of electricity beyond the area of supply, he is prepared to make a similar concession to Electric Lighting Companies; and whether he will grant to companies the same concession, namely, an appeal to the Board of Trade in the matter of compulsory works, which the Board made to Local Authorities at their recent interview with the officials of the Board of Trade on the 24th of April last?
§ *THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.My answer to the first inquiry must be in the negative, seeing that the position of a company limited to an area, and possibly with other companies in adjoining areas, is distinct from that of 1821 a Local Authority having jurisdiction over their own local district, even though this should be larger than their area of supply. As regards the second inquiry, I am prepared to treat companies and Local Authorities alike.