§ Sir G. Sinclairasked the Minister of Power if he will arrange for his inspectors, accompanied in each case by an independent consulting electrical engineer, to carry out in each South-Eastern Electricity Board district a sample investigation, similar to the one recently carried out by his Department in the Board's Guildford and Dorking districts, of the Board's installations in consumers' premises.
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§ Mr. FreesonThe South Eastern Electricity Board are themselves carrying out a sample investigation in each of their districts, and the Ministry's inspectors are keeping in close touch.
§ Sir G. Sinclairasked the Minister of Power what was the South Eastern Electricity Board's expenditure in each of the last 10 years on replacements of apparatus on consumers' premises that did not conform to accepted standards of safety; and what estimate he has made of the expenditure which is still needed.
§ Mr. FreesonI regret that it is not practicable to separate costs of replacing incoming cable and Board's apparatus within consumers' premises, or to distinguish between costs of replacement for safety and for other reasons.