§ Q25. Mr. Wigleyasked the Prime Minister if she will arrange to meet Mr. Arthur Scargill to discuss the mining dispute.
§ Mr. BiffenI have been asked to reply.
My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has no such plans. No one wishes more than this Government to see the industry return to normal working. The NUM leadership however has yet to show that it really wishes to achieve a constructive negotiated settlement.