§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the President of the Board of Trade on what occasions(a) the National Coal Board and (b) the British Coal Corporation have identified the industrial death and retirement fund separately within their annual report and statement of accounts; what interest has accrued on the assets of the industrial death and retirement fund since 7 June; what is the protected level of benefit to be paid from the fund in (i) 1996 and (ii) 2000; and on what occasions (1) the National Coal Board and (2) the British Coal Corporation had a liability to pay benefit if there were insufficient money in the fund. [40098]
§ Mr. PageThis is a matter for the British Coal Corporation and I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member.