§ 32. Sir ARNOLD GRIDLEYasked the Minister of Transport how many hours elapsed before the recent failure of the electricity supply at Bradford terminated with full restoration to all consumers; when an official report will be made public; and how many of the selected stations operated by municipalities and companies, respectively, are dependent upon non-duplicated switch-gear control, as was apparently the case at Bradford, which made help from the grid impossible?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe public inquiry into this matter will be opened on 24th March by Mr. H. Nimmo, the chief engineering inspector to the Electricity Commission. In the meantime, I trust that I may not be pressed to give fragmentary information.
§ Mr. LEACHDoes the Minister know that there is an inaccuracy in this question, and that the switch-gear is fully duplicated and even divided into sections and separated again by masonry, under the direct approval of the Central Electricity Board?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe inquiry will, no doubt, elucidate all these matters.