Mr. Morganasked the Minister of Power whether he is aware that considerable hardship has resulted to occupiers of remote upland farms as a result of his directive to electricity boards that such farms should only be connected with electricity at an economic rate; and whether he will review the position.
§ Mr. MarshI accept the view put forward by the Select Committee on Nationalised Industries in 1963 that the Boards should set an ultimate limit to 183W their contributions towards the costs of connecting remote farms, and that they should earn a return on projects consistent with their earning the financial objective agreed under the White Paper on the Financial and Economic Obligations of Nationalised Industries (Command 1337).