20 NOVEMBER 1926, Page 2

In the House of Commons on. Friday, November 1241, the

Electricity Bill received its third reading by 201 votes to 70, Colonel Moore-Brabazon showed that the longer the Bill was delayed thenicire difficult would co-ordination become. That argument alone ought to recommend the attempt at co-ordination, even if the Bill had no other merits, and it certainly has many others. It provides for a national and standardized supply of electricity without nationalization. A good deal of the opposition which came from Unionists, as distinct from the opposition from Socialists, can be traced to the jealousy and particu- larism of districts. Many districts have undoubtedly built up electrical supply systems creditable to them- selves, but the smaller interests must give way to the greater.