§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give details of his discussions with the Union of Democratic Mineworkers on 23 January; whether he discussed the method of payment of union contributions of members of the National Union of Mineworkers in the Nottinghamshire coalfield.
§ Mr. WakehamA number of matters were discussed when my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Mr. Baldry) met the president of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers on 23 January. No reference was made during the meeting to the method of payment of union contributions.