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22. Mr. Willie W. Hamilton

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a further statement on the dispute in the coal industry.

25. Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will make a statement on the coal strike.

26. Mr. Proctor

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on progress made towards ending the coal industry dispute.

30. Mr. Barron

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the current situation in the mining industry.

33. Mr. Eadie

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the current situation in the mining industry.

35. Mr. John Hunt

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a further statement on the mining dispute.

41. Mr. Douglas

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the current dispute in the coal industry.

Mr. Peter Walker

I refer to the reply given earlier today to the hon. Member for Bedfordshire, South-West (Mr. Madel).

27. Mr. Welsh

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many meetings have taken place between him and the chairman of the Coal Board to discuss the mining dispute.

Mr. Peter Walker

I meet the chairman of the National Coal Board regularly to discuss all aspects of the coal industry.

32. Mr. Maples

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what are the most recent figures for the numbers of miners employed by the National Coal Board who are (a) working and (b) on strike.

Mr. David Hunt

I refer to the reply given earlier today by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to my hon. Friend the Member for Bedfordshire, South-West (Mr. Madel) and to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton (Mr. Morris).

36. Mr. Nellist

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is his estimate of the total cost of the mining dispute to date.

Mr. Greenway

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the cost to date of the miners' dispute; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Walker

The final cost cannot be determined until the strike ends.

40. Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many coal faces have been lost, and how many are now endangered, as a result of the strike in the mining industry.

Mr. David Hunt

I understand from the National Coal Board that 21 working faces have been lost, and that a further 87 are causing concern at collieries throughout the British coalfield.