HC Deb 02 November 1965 vol 718 c136W
18. Miss Quennell

asked the Minister of Power how often he has exercised his statutory duty under Section 44(3) of the Electricity Supply Act 1926 in the past year; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Frederick Lee

All applications for overhead lines more than 2,000 yards long and for shorter ones where an ancient monument is situated close to the proposed route, are referred to the Ministry of Public Building and Works for comments.

Records are not kept of the number of recommendations made, but out of about 1,800 such applications in the year ended 31st March, 1965, recommendations were made in a small number of cases, and all recommendations are acted upon by the Boards.