§ Mr. W. R. Duckworthasked the Minister of Transport whether, in any legislation introduced into Parliament to co-ordinate rail and road interworking, he will ensure that the powers of the Traffic Commissioners are not fettered in the direction of permitting new haulage operations when the public interest requires them?
§ Mr. BurginThe point to which my hon. Friend refers is one which I shall certainly bear in mind.
392Wpower; how it is that consumers served by this company have to pay a standing charge for lighting of £16 2s. 6d. as compared with £9 9s. in Battersea, £10 in the county of London, and £10 or less in many provincial centres: and will he take steps to ensure that consumers for lighting in Central London shall have the benefit of electricity at a price comparable to that charged in many places in the provinces?
§ Mr. BurginI understand that this company has recently introduced a revised two-part tariff; I have no control over the terms of this tariff, Consumers who take a supply for lighting only have the option of being charged on a flat rate.