§ Sir H. BRITTAINasked the Minister of Transport the number of objections which have been presented to the Central Electricity Board by electricity undertakers, both municipal and company, to the South-East England electricity scheme; how many of these objections embody a request for a public inquiry into the proposed scheme; and if, in view of the far-reaching interests concerned which affect the general public as well as consumers of electricity he will suggest to the Central Electricity Board the desirability of setting up a public inquiry so that every feature of these proposals may receive the fullest investigation?
§ Colonel ASHLEYI can only refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave on 10th November to the hon. Member for East Ham South (Mr. Barnes), of which I am sending him a copy.