§ Lord Shinwellasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, in any possible future reconstruction of the National Coal Board the National Union of Mineworkers might be invited to nominate a few of their leading members—possibly three or four—to share in mutual discussions on the organisation and administration of the coal industry.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment (The Earl of Avon)The machinery for such discussions with coal mining 553WA unions already exists, and has operated at all levels of the industry since the National Coal Board was set up in 1947.