§ Mr. REMERasked the Lord Privy Seal if his attention has been called to the application of the Marple Urban District Council for financial assistance through the Unemployment Grants Committee in respect of their scheme of electricity supply within their area; if he is aware that this application was first made on 5th September, 1929, and that, in spite of considerable correspondence, no decision has yet been communicated; and if he will take steps to see that this is dealt with?
Mr. THOMASIt has not been possible to give an earlier decision in this case, because there was doubt whether the conditions of grant were satisfied, in particular that condition relating to acceleration. The Unemployment Grants Committee have now decided on the information before them that the work is not sufficiently accelerated for a grant to be given, and the authority has been so informed.