§ MR. JOHN ELLISTo ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he-will lay upon the Table a Return showing the names of companies or persons who have obtained Acts conveying powers for the supply of electric power to districts, with the names and areas of such districts, and the year in which the powers were obtained, and whether such powers have been exercised or not; and, in the former case, what is the state of the works constructed under such powers.
(Answered by Mr. Gerald Balfour.) I have given instructions for the preparation of this Return, but as the information asked for in the latter part of the hon. Member's Question is not at present in the possession of the Board of Trade, it will be necessary to communicate with the companies, etc., on the subject before the Return can be completed.