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Before the Parliamentary Secretary answers that question, may I put to him another case from an entirely different aspect? There is in the division I represent a generating station owned by a small district council, and many years ago, owing the short-sightedness of the councillors in power at that time, they contracted, apparently in perpetuity, for the supply of electricity to a company outside the division altogether, which leaves a burden on the ratepayers every year. May not that put an entirely different side to the ease presented by the hon. Gentleman (Mr. Balfour)?