§ 72. Lieut.-Colonel Heneageasked the Minister of Transport what progress is being made in supplying villages in North Lincolnshire with electricity?
§ Mr. BurginI assume that my hon. and gallant Friend is referring to the villages mentioned in his previous question on 14th December, 1938. I am informed by the Electricity Commissioners that their inspector has visited the locality. He reports that the prospective revenue in relation to the capital expenditure involved is insufficient to induce the company to carry out this development at the present time, but that if, at some future date, the company find it necessary to provide a ring main in this part of their area, its construction will probably facilitate the provision of a supply to these villages.
§ Mr. GallacherIs it not a scandal that these villages should be left without light because a company cannot make profit out of them; and will not the Government take steps to provide the necessary means for providing light?