§ MR. NIELD (Middlesex, Ealing)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will enlarge the terms of the order of reference on the London County Council (Bulk Electricity) Bill, now before a Select Committee, so as to admit evidence and report upon the question of the cheapest and best method of generating electricity in bulk so as to create a general demand for its use for lighting, heating, and power purposes, and also the practicability of establishing a central authority for large areas to deal with such supply on the lines of the Metropolitan Water Board.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The Committee have been considering the Bill for twelve days, and it is too late now for me to suggest any alteration of the terms of the reference, even if I thought that these terms were not sufficiently wide. I have no reason for thinking that the Committee would be precluded from considering the points mentioned by the hon. Member.