§ 73. Mr. HERBERT WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Transport the number of units of electricity sold by the Central Electricity Board in 1931; the receipts from their sale; and the amount paid for them to the generating authorities?
§ Mr. PYBUSThe number of units of electricity dealt with by the Central Electricity Board in 1931 under temporary or special arrangements of various kinds was upwards of 900 millions. As regards the latter part of the hon. Member's question, I would refer him to the reply which I gave on the 29th June.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSCan the Minister of Transport explain why the Central Electricity Board in their recent statement referred to the generation of electricity as having been about 15 times as much as they themselves sold? Does he not think it rather misleading that they should publish figures relating to the whole generation of the country and not to the generation for which they are responsible?
§ Mr. PYBUSI cannot accept that statement and I regret that it has been made. I cannot accept the statement that the Central Electricity Board published any misleading or inaccurate figures in their statement.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSSeeing that they referred to a generation last year of 12,800,000,000, and that more than 90 per cent. of that generation was in no way concerned with their undertakings, was not that statement rather misleading.