§ 55. Sir Henry Morris-Jonesasked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is now taking to ensure that farms in rural Wales will have a supply of main water and electricity; and whether he can state, approximately, how soon after the war they may expect to have these urgent requirements.
Mr. HudsonThe extension of water supplies to rural areas in Wales will be facilitated by the Rural Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1944, and, as my hon. Friend will be aware, further legislation on this matter is now before the House. The extended use of electricity on farm premises generally is under review in connection with post-war agricultural policy, and favourable consideration is given, notwithstanding present restrictions, to the authorisation of electricity supplies to farms where a substantial increase in food production or saving in man-power is likely to result. I am not in a position to give any indication of the date when these extended water and electricity supplies are likely to become operative.