§ 47. Mr. Scott-Hopkinsasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry why the Ashbourne Urban Area have had more electricity cuts due to the miners' strike, 18, with a total of 26 hours up to 1st March, than the surrounding areas of Derbyshire; and whether he will provide special compensation for those in that area who have suffered additional loss of income and trade as a result.
§ Sir J. EdenThe rot a disconnection system would have resulted in about the 11W same number and the same total length of cuts for different areas over a five-week cycle. Since it operated only for three weeks some disparity of treatment between different areas was inevitable. I regret that no special compensation can be provided by the Government.