§ 39. Mr. W. ROBERTSasked the Minister of Transport by what percentage the estimated electrical load for 1935 on the transmission system between Carlisle and Egremont is exceeded; what further load the existing system would carry; whether the existing system is not yet normally carrying 50 per cent. of its possible load; and whether the Central Electricity Board will delay the construction of further circuits from Carlisle to the west of Cumberland until such a percentage is reached?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe Central Electricity Board inform me that the load on the transmission system between Carlisle and Egremont is expected to exceed the safe capacity of the existing line in 1937, and that they cannot, therefore, delay the construction of further circuits.