§ Mr. EadieTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in theOffical Report the text of his reply to the request from the general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers for a meeting with him.
§ Mr. ParkinsonI understand that the general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers has said that he and the president asked for a meeting when I took office. Neither I nor my Department have any record of such a request and I have written to the general secretary asking for further details.