§ Sir J. Mellorasked the Minister of Supply if he will explain the need for S.L, 1948, No. 2492, which is not apparent from the explanatory note.
§ Mr. J. FreemanThe Electric Lighting Acts of 1882 and 1889 empowered various electricity supply companies to refuse to supply electricity to premises using certain kinds of motors. The Control of Machine Tools (Electrical Equipment) (No. 1) Order, 1941, prohibited the supply companies from refusing to supply electricity in such circumstances. S.I. 1948, No. 2492 was issued to revoke this order. I take this opportunity of apologis-
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LIST OF HEDGING PLANTS TRIED Botanical Name Popular Name Berberis Atrocarpa … … … … Barberry Berberis Darwini … … … … Barberry Berberis Gagnepaini … … … … Barberry Berberis Sanguinea … … … … Barberry Berberis Verruculosa … … … … Barberry Berberis Thunbergi atro purpurea … … … … Barberry Berberis Stenophylla … … … … Barberry Cotoneaster Simonsi … … … … Rockspray Crataegus Oxyacantha … … … … Hawthorn Fagus Sylvatica … … … … Beech Forsythia … … … … Golden Bell Tree Ilex Aquifolium … … … … Holly Lonicera Yunnanensis … … … … Chinese Honeysuckle Philadelphus … … … … Mock Orange Pyracantha Augustifolia … … … … Evergreen Thorn Pyracantha Gibbsi … … … … Evergreen Thorn Pyracantha Rogersiana … … … … Evergreen Thorn Pyracantha Yunnanensis … … … … Evergreen Thorn Rosa Canina … … … … Dog Rose Rosmarinus Officinalis … … … … Rosemary Taxus … … … … Yew Veronica Traversi … … … … Travers' Speedwell ing to the House for an error in S.I. 1948, No. 2492 which has been rectified by S.I. 1948, No. 2568. The effect is to restore to the undertakings (now absorbed by the British Electricity Authority) the power to refuse to supply electricity to premises using motors of the kinds specified. There will be no adverse effect on industry, as agreement has been reached by the parties concerned on a code of practice for starting A.C. Motors which has been published by the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association.