Mr George Grant
Former MP for Morpeth
Former MP for Morpeth
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The hon. Gentleman said that he had worked for the NCB and referred to 120,000 miners in the Northern region. Perhaps he will understand the attitude of Labour Members to pit closures when he remembers that because of pit closures that have taken place over the past two decades the unemployment rate in the Northern region is now 18 per cent.
The hon. Gentleman referred to an area borrowing money on the open market. I should like to couple that remark with his earlier statement about miners in his constituency and what they think about pit closures. It has been recently proved by the National Union of Mineworkers that that is not the attitude. Only last February when the National Coal Board asked for a reduction of 10 per cent....
Nonsense.
Former MP for Morpeth
Entered the House of Commons on 18 June 1970 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 13 May 1983 — General election
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