§ Mr. D. HERBERTasked the Minister of Transport if he is aware of the local inquiry to be commenced to-morrow, Tuesday the 14th June, by the Electricity Commissioners in reference to their provisional determination of the London and Home Counties electricity district; that 61W this inquiry is likely to occupy very many weeks and to involve heavy expense and cause local authorities and other corporations and persons interested to incur very heavy expense; and whether he will consider the advisability, in the interests of economy, of causing the inquiry to be discontinued until such time as legislation may render it necessary or may justify the cost of such inquiry?
§ Sir E. GEDDESI would refer the hon. Member to the reply, of which I am sending him a copy, given on the 1st June, to the hon. and gallant Member for Buckingham (Captain Bowyer). I am satisfied that the inquiry is necessary, and see no reason for postponing it.