§ Mr. C. Hughesasked the Minister of Power (1) to what extent the progress of rural electrification in Wales will be modified by the Government's new economic proposals;
(2) to what extent the Electricity Generating Board's programme for nuclear power stations will be affected by the Government's new economic proposals.
§ Mr. WoodI cannot yet say whether investment by electricity boards in England and Wales will be affected by238W the economic proposals recently made by my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. I am discussing with the electricity industry the effect of these proposals in conjunction with the policy announced in April in the White Paper on the Financial and Economic Obligations of the Nationalised Industries (Cmnd. 1337).