Moratorium On Pit Closures
EDM number 627 in 1991-92, proposed by Kevin Barron on 05/02/1992.
That this House believes that the United Kingdom coal industry is the cheapest and most efficient in Europe; agrees with the EC Energy Commissioner that Europe needs to sustain the British coal industry which is a vital energy source for the United Kingdom and the EC as a whole; supports the European Parliament group of mining area MEPs and the coalfield communities campaign; and joins them in calling on the Government to declare a moratorium on pit closures.
This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs.
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