§ MR. JOHN O'CONNOR (Kildare, N.) moved that the Dublin and Central Ireland Electric Power Bill should be re-committed to the former Committee, with instructions to reconsider their decision on the preamble of the Bill, except with regard to the City of Dublin, the urban districts of Rathmines and Rathgar and Pembroke, and King's County. The hon. Member said the object of the Bill was for the purpose of creating electrical energy and distributing it either for power or lighting purposes, the chief object being power, which would have for its effect the establishment of certain industries in the locality. Already the promoters had promised that a certain manufacturer of car bide of calcium would establish a large factory if he could get the electrical power in the district, and they also had substantial promises from an American Paper Company. With regard to finance, that had been rearranged in consultation with the Chairman of Committees and the legal advisers of the House, and with regard to the opposition of Dublin and some adjacent areas, those districts had been struck out of the Bill. A third objection to the Bill was on the score of impracticability, but he pointed out that it was not an experimental process, and that its practicability had been demonstrated all over the world. He, therefore, submitted that, the three main objections to the Bill in Committee having been met, the measure should be recommitted.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Dublin and Central Ireland Electric Power Bill be re-committed to the former Committee.—(Mr. John O'Connor.)
§ MR. LUKE WHITE (Yorkshire, E.R., Buckrose)as Chairman of the Committee which considered the Bill, said that Dublin and the other areas mentioned having been struck out, the Bill became 463 of a non-contentious character, and he now asked the House to re-commit the Bill to a Committee as desired.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Bill recommitted to the former Committee.
§ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee that they have power to reconsider their decision on the preamble of the Bill as reported by them to the House, except in so far as the same relates to the City of Dublin, the Urban District of Rathmines and Rathgar, the Urban District of Pembroke, and King's County.—(Mr. John O'Connor.)