§ 41. Mr. Jaggerasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, now the three years' period has expired, it is the intention of the Government of Trinidad to hand the control of the electricity board to the Port of Spain City Council, or whether it is the intention of the Government to develop an island-wide scheme under their own control?
Mr. M. MacDonaldIn the Trinidad Electricity Board Ordinance, No. 39 of 1935, no period is specified during which the Government is required to exercise the right of purchasing the whole or part of the undertaking for the purpose of establishing an island-wide supply of electricity. Consideration of the question of establishing such a scheme under Government control was temporarily deferred on the outbreak of war, but I understand that it will be further examined at a later date.