§ Q7. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Prime Minister whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a detailed list of the times and dates when he has met the Executive Committee of the National Union of Mineworkers and for what reasons discussions ensued.
§ The Prime MinisterWith their agreement, I met only the officers and officials of the National Union of Mineworkers304W on two occasions in the late evening of 18th February and the early morning of the 19th; after I had invited the whole of the committee and the National Coal Board to Downing Street. The background to these meetings was set out in the statement which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment made to the House on 21st February.—[Vol. 831, c. 898–9.]