§ Mr. W. BAKERasked the Minister of Transport the number of applications he has received since January, 1927, from local authorities and aggrieved consumers asking for a revision of the prices charged by electricity undertakers; whether any application from the Wandsworth Borough Council is among them; and the number of such cases in which he has exercised his statutory powers?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThere have been seven such cases. I have not yet received a formal application from the Wandsworth Borough Council, who have, however, intimated their intention to support an application that has been made by certain consumers. In two cases I have made Orders; in two cases the applications are still under consideration, and the remaining three cases are in abeyance pending local negotiations with a view to settlement.