Major BARNESasked the Minister of Transport what bodies are joined to form the joint electricity authority, Group E 8; what area the authority contains; and what financial assistance the authority is receiving out of moneys voted by this House?
§ Sir E. GEDDESThe Lower Severn electricity district has been provisionally determined by the Electricity Commissioners, but a joint electricity authority for the district has not yet been set up. A scheme for the formation of such an authority has been submitted by county councils, local authorities, and authorised undertakers having jurisdiction within the district as provisionally determined. The Electricity Commissioners will not finally determine the area of the district until after they have held a local inquiry. The point in the concluding sentence of the hon. and gallant Member's question does not arise.