Coal Mining Subsidence

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:55 pm on 16 June 1989.

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Photo of Mr Dick Douglas Mr Dick Douglas , Dunfermline West 1:55, 16 June 1989

I had not originally intended to take part in this important debate, initiated by my hon. Friend the Member for Mansfield (Mr. Meale). At one time in a previous incarnation I almost became secretary of the Co-operative movement's education committee in Mansfield but, perhaps wisely, it chose not to employ me. I n any case, I know the area reasonably well—