Coal Industry (Select Committee) (Hansard, 20 January 1972)

HC Deb 20 January 1972 vol 829 cc262-3W 262W

§ Mr. Leadbitter
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will move for a Select Committee to examine the coal industry.
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§ Mr. Ridley
No; there already is one. The Select Committee on Nationalised Industries decide their own programme. They last investigated the coal industry in the 1968–69 Session.