HC Deb 07 November 1967 vol 753 cc101-2W
Mr. Russell Johnston

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will take steps to provide a subsidy to the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to enable them to proceed more rapidly with the provision of electricity supplies in uneconomic areas.

Mr. Ross

In 1965 I authorised an increase in the Board's expenditure on rural electrification and it can now spend up to £1 million a year on the completion of its programme. The cost of this, along with the Board's other capital requirements, is met by Exchequer loans to the extent that the Board cannot meet it from internal resources.

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