§ 105. Mr. Asshetonasked the Minister of Fuel and Power when he last met the 142W chairman of the North-West Area Electricity Consumers' Council; and what decisions were arrived at at that meeting with regard to power cuts in the North-West Area.
§ Mr, P. Noel-BakerIn January last, I met the Chairman of the North Western Electricity Consumers' Consultative Council, together with the chairmen of the other electricity consultative councils, at a conference on power cuts, in which the members of the British Electricity Authority, their divisional controllers and the chairmen and deputy-chairmen of the area boards also took part.
As a result of the conference, there has been close consultation since then between my Ministry, the B.E.A., the area boards, and the chairmen of the consultative councils, on the measures by which the frequency and severity of power cuts might be reduced. I am inviting the councils to help in the work of load-spreading which is now required.