HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 cc92-3W
42. Mr. Skinner

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will obtain from the chairman of British Coal an up-to-date report of the number of miners sacked during the 1984–85 coal strike who have now been reinstated.

Mr. Michael Spicer

No. The dismissal and re-employment of mineworkers is a matter for the management of the British Coal Corporation.