HC Deb 03 December 1976 vol 921 cc318-9W
Mr. Skinner

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what steps are being taken by EEC countries to import, and thereby reduce, the surplus stocked coal in Great Britain.

Mr. Benn

The European coal producers association (CEPCEO) have made representations to the European Commission and to their respective Governments about the problem of cheap imports into the Community at a time when stocks are high in all the coal producing countries. I intend to press for discussion of this problem at an early Energy Council.

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