§ 41. Sir Stanley Reedasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether the report of the expert committee appointed to examine the project for a barrage and hydro-electric installation on the River Severn has yet been received; if it will be published; and whether the scheme will be treated as one of urgency.
Major Lloyd GeorgeI have now received the report, and am arranging for it to be published as soon as possible. Meanwhile, it is being very carefully studied; but, as the proposals raise some very serious issues, I can give no indication when I shall be able to announce a Government decision on the project.