45. Mr. De la Bèreasked the Prime Minister whether he can now find time to consider the Motion standing in the name of the hon. Member for Evesham relating to the supply of electricity in the Evesham Parliamentary Division of Worcestershire?
§ [That this House views with considerable apprehension the number of villages and farms in the Evesham Parliamentary Division of Worcestershire that have no supply of electricity at all; and, seeing that in an emergency food production within this area would be of great importance and that this food production would 1578 be hampered by the lack of facilities for the supply and distribution of electricity, urges on His Majesty's Government the importance of expediting the report of the public inquiry which was held in Evesham on the 30th July, 1937, in connection with the failure of the Shropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power Company to meet the requirements of consumers in this area.]
§ The Prime MinisterIn view of the state of Parliamentary business, I can hold out no hope of time being found for the discussion of the Motion standing in the name of my hon. Friend.
Mr. De la BèreIs my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister aware of the unwieldy and complicated chain of holding companies directly controlled by Edmund son's Electricity Supply Corporation, and will he have an inquiry made in view of the fact that it is impossible, owing to the interlocking of the finances, to determine what the true position is in the Vale of Evesham?
§ The Prime MinisterI am aware of the unwieldy and complicated nature of Parliamentary business.