Coal Industry Dispute

Part of Opposition Day – in the House of Commons at 6:40 pm on 4 February 1985.

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Photo of Gerald Howarth Gerald Howarth , Cannock and Burntwood 6:40, 4 February 1985

No, I have only just started.

I reject the description of the dispute as "the miners' strike" because my constituents care about their jobs. To their great credit, the vast majority of miners in Staffordshire are at work today. Many of my constituents work at Littleton colliery in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Staffordshire, South (Mr. Cormack). That colliery is not just working virtually as normal but is back in profit. That is a great achievement.