Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 November 1984.
In view of what my hon. Friend the Member for Newport, East (Mr. Hughes) said about employment losses in the industry, and what the Secretary of State has said about the profitability of the industry, can the right hon. Gentleman assure the House that the British Steel Corporation in Wales will not be saddled with the costs of the coal miners' strike?