HC Deb 12 December 1973 vol 866 c167W
35. Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for Employment why he will not now appoint a committee like the Wilberforce Committee to investigate the dispute in the mining industry.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

A court of inquiry was held in 1972 to establish the facts of the miners' case. The advantage over other workers which the miners gained in the settlement which followed would be more than restored by the offer which the Coal Board has made.