§ Colonel Carverasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is aware of the demand of the inhabitants of the village of Hotham, in the East Riding, for an electric installation; and, as this place adjoins the mains of the North Lincolnshire and Howdenshire Electricity Company, if he will consider the removal of restrictions there in order to benefit this agricultural and rural community.
§ Mr. T. SmithDuring the War it has been necessary, owing to shortage of labour and materials, to restrict the development of electricity supplies to cases of hardship and the requirements of the War effort which have, of course, included those of agriculture. I regret that it would not be possible to remove these restrictions in the case of the village of Hotham without removing them for the country as a whole, and I am not yet in a position to say when it will be possible to remove these restrictions generally.