Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 October 1969.
Mr Richard Kelley
, Don Valley
12:00,
20 October 1969
Is the Minister aware that if there is any anxiety about supplies for industry it might be largely due to the lack of consideration which the Government have given to the protests which have been made about the run-down of the coal industry? Stocks have fallen from 29 million tons to less than 21 million tons over the past few months.
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