HC Deb 01 December 1925 vol 188 cc2189-90

Resolved,

"That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, constiuting the West Midlands Electricity District and establishing and incorporating the West Midlands Joint Electricity District which was presented on the 25th day of June, 1925, be approved, subject to the following modifications, namely:— In paragraph 2 (1) of the First Annex, page 23, insert the words '(e) Persons employed in connection with the supply of electricity in the district hereinafter called 'workers in the industry')'; In paragraph 2 (2) of the First Annex, page 23, insert the words ' (e) Workers in the industry (jointly) … 1; '

After paragraph 2 (8) of the First Annex, page 24, insert the following new paragraph:— (9) The representative of workers in the industry employed by authorised undertakers in the district (including those employed by the joint authority) shall be chosen by the employés' organisations which are designated to the Commissioners, in the case of the first appointment, and to the joint authority there after, by the Minister of Labour, as organisations having members in the employment of the said undertakers and the joint authority.

Renumber sub-paragraphs (9), (10), and (11), page 24, as ' (10), (11), and (12),' respectively.

In Part II of the First Annex, page 26, insert the words ' (e) Workers in the industry (jointly) … 1; '

In Part II of the First Annex, page 26, substitute '22' for '21,' as the total."

Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, in respect of the Urban Districts of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Huthwaite, and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and parts of the Rural Districts of Basford and Skegby, in the County of Nottingham, and part of the Rural District of Blackwell, in the County of Derby, which was presented on the 6th day of August. 1925, be approved.

Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity Supply Acts, 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, in respect of the Urban District of Stanley, in the County of Durham, which was presented on the 6th day of August, 1925, be approved.

Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, in respect of the Urban District of Grange, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, which was presented on the 6th day of August, 1925, be approved.

Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, in respect of the Urban district of Quorndon and part of the Rural District of Barrow-upon-Soar. in the County of Leicester, which was presented on the 6th day of August, 1925, be approved.

Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, in respect of the urban district of Thurmaston and parts of the rural districts of Billesdon, Barrow-upon-Soar, and Blaby, in the county of Leicester, which was presented on the 6th day of August, 1925, be approved."—[Colonel Ashley]