Part of Clause 1. – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 December 1967.
The Bill—this is of vital importance to the people I represent—does not seem to provide very much for the miners who are knocked out of work in my constituency. Any advantage that will accrue will occur from the time of the passage of the Bill. What about the miners who have been knocked out of work in the last two or three years? What compensation will they get?