HC Deb 31 October 1984 vol 65 c1300 3.42 pm
Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Have you had any indication from the Secretary of State for Energy regarding last night's important announcement that a hit list is available? You will have heard several Ministers, including the Prime Minister, telling the House that no such list exists. We now know that it does. I therefore ask whether, even at this late stage, you feel it necessary to call on the Ministers responsible to explain why throughout the entire miners' dispute they have insisted that there is no such list when at the time of the ACAS talks we know that such a list exists for the north-east of England and for Scotland. I believe that it is incumbent upon you to see that one of those Ministers comes to the Dispatch Box to explain why they have been telling untruths to the nation.

Mr. Speaker

I have had no such request, and I am not responsible for statements that may be made.