§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the likely effects on employment in the Welsh coal industry of the privatisation of the electricity industry.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThis will depend on a number of factors which cannot now be predicted. Among them will be the terms eventually agreed between British Coal, National Power and PowerGen on the future of coal supplies and the competitiveness of mines in Wales.