HC Deb 30 July 1953 vol 518 c218W
Captain Ryder

asked the Minister of Transport what steps are being taken to protect ships' compasses from magnetic disturbances caused by the projected power cable across the English Channel: and whether he will insist that direct current cable, where used, will be laid in such a way as not to cause danger on this account.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

This is one of the questions being investigated in the programme of experiment and development to which my right hon. Friend the Minister of Fuel and Power referred in his reply of 6th July to my hon. Friend the Member for Kidderminster (Mr. Nabarro).