§ Sir P. DAWSONasked the Minister of Transport whether, in the case of a elected station under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1926, any steps are taken by the Electricity Commissioners or by the Central Electricity Board to ensure that any plant which may have to be installed is such as, having regard to all the facts, will produce electricity at the lowest possible cost?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThe Electricity Commissioners, before giving their consent to the installation of plant in selected stations, satisfy themselves generally that the plant is such as will fulfil the purpose for which the station will be operated under a scheme on account of the Central Electricity Board.
§ Sir P. DAWSONasked the Minister of Transport whether he will give the names of the local authorities owning electrical undertakings which have placed orders for electrical and steam plant and machinery abroad during the last three years; and the value of the same for this period?
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§ Colonel ASHLEYNeither the Ministry of Transport nor the Electricity Commissioners are, in the ordinary course, notified when either local authorities or companies owning electrical undertakings make purchases abroad, and in these circumstances I am not in a position to furnish the information that the hon. Member desires.