§ 62. Major KELLEYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether his Department has received any protests from South Yorkshire local authorities or manufacturing interests against the Electricity Bill; and what progress has been made in preparing schemes for centralising the electricity supplies of that district?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of TRANSPORT (Mr. Neal)The answer to the first portion of the question is in the negative. With regard to the second portion of the question, a scheme for the re-organisation of supply in the North-East Midlands electricity district, which includes the southern portion of Yorkshire, was submitted to the Electricity Commissioners at the end of June last year. A local Inquiry was fixed by the Commissioners for November last, but was deferred at the request of the promoters of the scheme.