HC Deb 16 December 1970 vol 808 c368W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) whether he will appoint Mr. Len Daly, the General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, as the Chairman of the National Coal Board;

(2) whether he will appoint Mr. Will Paynter as the next Chairman of the National Coal Board.

Mr. John Davies

I shall be making an announcement about this appointment in due course.