§ 1. Mr. Errollasked the Minister of Supply what steps he is taking to secure the immediate manufacture, on the widest 1580 possible scale, of the universal domestic electric plug and socket recommended by the Ministry of Works Electrical Installations Study Committee in their Building Study, No. 11.
§ The Minister of Supply (Mr. John Wilmot)Manufacturers are proceeding with development work, pending the issue in the near future of a British-Standards Institution specification. Owing to the necessity for re-tooling, however, substantial supplies are not likely to be available for about 12 months.
§ Mr. ErrollDoes the Minister give this new development of free enterprise full support, or will it be necessary to send him a petition?
§ Mr. WilmotMost wholehearted support; a petition is unnecessary.
§ 14. Mr. Errollasked the Minister of Works whether he intends to encourage the use in Government buildings and housing schemes of the universal domestic electric plug and socket recommended by his Electrical Installations Study Committee in Building Studies, No. 11; and when will the relevant British standard specification be published.
§ The Minister of Works (Mr. Tomlinson)The British Standards Institution has prepared a draft specification for the universal domestic electric plug and socket which has been circulated to all interested parties for observations. Until the specification is issued in final form no decision can be made as to its adoption, but it is the general policy of my Department to encourage the use of articles complying with the requirements of British Standards Institution specifications.
§ Mr. ErrollIs it not satisfactory to get a positive answer from the Minister at last?
§ Mr. TomlinsonI should think so