HC Deb 22 March 1937 vol 321 cc2718-20

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Sheffield Gas Company, which was presented on the 13th day of July, 1936, and published, be approved subject to the following modifications:

Clause 1, page 1, line 9, delete '(No. 2).'

Clause 1, page 1, line 10, delete '1936,' and insert '1937.'

Clause 1, page 1, line 11, delete 'This Order shall be deemed to be included amongst the,' and insert 'The Sheffield Gas.'

Clause 1, page 1, line 12, delete 'which,' and insert '1929 to 1936 and this Order.'

Clause 1, page 1, line 13, delete '1936,' and insert '1937.'

Clause 2, page 1, line 16, delete '1936,' and insert '1937.'

Clause 3, page 2, line 17, after 'No.,' insert '772.'

Clause 6, page 4, line 6, delete '1935,' and insert '1936.'

Clause 21, page 8, line 18, delete '1936,' and insert '1937.'

Clause 23, page 9, at end, insert,— Provided that if and when the company obtain a supply of coke oven gas for distribution throughout the added limits then as from the third meter reading after the date on which that supply is obtained the price charged by the company for gas supplied to consumers within the added limits shall not exceed the price charged to consumers within the existing limits (other than the portions thereof respectively referred to in the Act of 1931 as 'the Dronfield limits' and 'the added part of Wortley' and in the Order of 1932 the Order of 1935 and the Order of 1936 as 'the added limits') by more than two pence per therm.

Clause 25, page 10, line 2, delete '1936,' and insert '1937.'

Clause 25, page 10, line 4, delete 'thirty-six,' and 'insert thirty-seven'."

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Chorley, which was presented on the 1st day of March and published, be approved.—[Dr. Burgin.]

The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.

It being after Half-past Eleven of the Clock, Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKER adjourned the House, without Question put, pursuant to the Standing Order.

Adjourned at One Minute before Twelve o'Clock.