§ Sir C. Edwardsasked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he has considered a letter from the Bedwellty Urban Council regarding the need for retaining new industries in this district and the necessity for developing the grid system so as to provide an ample supply of cheap electricity at the lowest and a uniform price, not only to keep the present but to attract new industries; and whether anything is being done on these lines?
Major Lloyd GeorgeAt present, the only developments possible in electricity supply are those which are imperatively required for the furtherance of the war effort. The resolution of the Bedwellty Urban District Council has been noted in connection with the post-war development of the Electricity Supply Industry.