HC Deb 16 December 1925 vol 189 cc1575-7

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 rural districts of Aylesbury and Long Crendon and part of the rural district of Wycombe, in the county of Buckingham, the urban district of Thame and part of the rural district of Thame, in the county of Oxford, and the urban district of Tring and part of the rural district of Berkhamsted, in the county of Hertford, which was presented on the 1st day of December, 1925, be approved, subject to the following modifications, namely:

After Sub-clause (4) of Clause 11, insert: (5) No electric line shall be placed by the undertakers above ground within the added areas along or across any county bridge or main road vested in the county council without the consent in writing of the county council under the hand of their clerk unless the Minister of Transport consents to the placing of such line above ground, and the said Minister, before giving his consent, shall give the county council an opportunity of being heard.

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 parishes of Witton and Livesey, in the rural district of Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster, which was presented on the 30th day of November, 1925, be approved.

Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 18S2 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, in respect of the burgh of Helensburgh, in the county of Dumbarton, which was presented on the 30th day of November, 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 Leyland, in the county Palatine of Lancaster, which was presented on the 30th day of November, 1920, 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 (Supply1) Act, 1919 in respect of the burgh of North Berwick' in the county of East Lothian, which was presented on the 30th day of November, 1920, 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, for the amendment of the Pontypool Electric Lighting Order, 1895, which was presented on the 1st day of December, 1925, be approved.

Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Elec- tricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, in respect of parts of the rural districts of Bath and Frome, in the county of Somerset, which was presented on the 30th day of November, 1925, be approved."—[Lieut.-Colonel Moore-Brabazon.]

The remaining Government Orders were, read, and postponed.

Whereupon, Mr. SPEAKER, pursuant to the Order of the House of l6th November, proposed the Question, "That this House do now adjourn."