HC Deb 03 December 1997 vol 302 cc254-5W
Mr. Redwood

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will meet representatives of(a) mining unions and (b) the coal mining companies to discuss the future of the coal industry. [18326]

Mrs. Beckett

DTI Ministers have had several extensive meetings with miners' representatives and the coal mining companies to discuss the important future role that the coal industry can play.