HC Deb 15 November 1984 vol 67 c323W
37. Mr. Strang

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the cost of the industrial dispute in the coal industry.

Mr. Peter Rees

If the strike were to end at Christmas, it would add some £1.5 billion to the PSBR for 1984–85. The public expenditure planning total would be exceeded by about the same amount.