HC Deb 14 November 1977 vol 939 cc11-2W
15. Sir A. Meyer

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will issue a White Paper giving details of the efforts which he made to persuade coal miners to accept the National Coal Board's productivity bonus scheme.

Mr. Benn

The Coal Industry Tripartite Group, of which I am Chairman, consisting of representatives of the Government the coal mining unions and the National Coal Board, reiterated in 1976 the need for a sound and effective incentive scheme.

The Board's recent proposal, which was supported by a majority of the National Executive Committee of the NUM, represented one way of meeting this need, and on 25th October last I issued a statement about it. I will arrange to have a copy of this statement printed in the Official Report.

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