§ 3. Mr. ROSEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the date on which the Government proposals for the establishment of national superpower stations for the generation of electricity will be placed before the House; whether in the formulation of those proposals the objection of the municipalities and others to anything like capitalist ownership of these super-power stations will be borne in mind; and whether consideration will also be given to the need for their protection against combinations to keep up the price of coal?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI hope that it will be possible to introduce a Bill dealing with the reorganisation of electric power supply at an early date. Full consideration is being given to the question of ownership, but I do not think that provisions relating to the price of coal can be included in such a measure.