§ 84. Mr. WELLOCKasked the Minister of Transport if he will consider introducing legislation to enable local authorities jointly to acquire electricity distributing undertakings which operate in their area upon the termination of the power to distribute held by such undertakings in any part of the area covered by such joint local authorities?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONThe object which my hon. Friend has in mind could, in certain cases, be attained under the provisions of existing Orders, and in other cases could be attained by agreement. Any legislation, however, which sought to alter the existing terms of purchase provisions relating to undertakings generally would raise wide issues on which I am not prepared at present to make any statement.