§ MR. BARTLEY (Islington, N.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state for the information of the House the rules followed 1562 by the Board under the Electric Lighting Acts with regard to the holding of a local inquiry respecting applications for Provisional Orders and Licences?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.In cases where objection to an application for a Licence or Provisional Order is made by any person locally interested, the Board of Trade do, if they consider it expedient, hold a local inquiry; but the circumstances of different applications vary so much that it is impossible to lay down any definite rule as to the grounds which would justify the holding of such an inquiry.