§ 43. Mr. Kelleyasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is his practice regarding instructions to the National Coal Board as to preparations to be made by individual collieries to which he is paying an official visit of the kind that was proposed to be made to the Bentley Colliery.
§ Mr. EadieOther than to request that we meet trade union representatives, neither myself nor my colleagues give any instructions to the board when we are invited to visit a colliery as their guests.