HC Deb 07 March 1983 vol 38 c315W
18. Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Wales why he refused to meet a delegation from the South Wales National Union of Mineworkers.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Because the points raised in the request for a meeting last October lay within the management responsibility of the National Coal Board. It was made clear at the time that I would welcome hearing the views of unions at future meetings with the Wales TUC as in the past.