§ Mr. PERKINSasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that there is a considerable demand from the inhabitants of Painswick, Gloucestershire, for electricity; and whether he will approach the Electricity Commissioners with a view to arrange for this supply to be granted?
Mr. STANLEY:The Electricity Commissioners have informed me that the question of establishing a public supply of electricity at Painswick has already formed the subject of communication between them and the undertakers concerned. The Commissioners are hoping
Amounts paid in Insurance and Transitional Benefit and Transitional Payments at Employment Exchanges in the counties of Midlothian, West Lothian and Fife in the years 1931 and 1932. County 1931. 1932. Insurance and Transitional Benefit. Transitional Payments.* Total. Insurance Benefit. Transitional Payments. Total. £ £ £ £ £ £ Midlothian (including Edinburgh). 978,167 47,766 1,025,933 457,628 364,663 822,291 West Lothian … … 202,563 9,952 212,515 94,536 97,609 192,145 Fife … … … 713,237 40,409 753,646 294,974 345,129 640,103 * The Transitional Payments scheme came into operation on 12th November, 1931.