Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jack Thompson (Labour), on Tuesday, 16 February 1993, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 68 members in total.

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BRITISH COAL AND PRIVATISATION

That this House congratulates the Northumbrian miners employed at Ellington Colliery upon their achievements in producing 2.25 million tonnes of coal in the last financial year, providing the British people with a profit of ??7 million, and a projected ??5 million profit in the current year: but deplores the proposal to introduce even more contract work into the mine, which now extends beyond specialist tasks into coal production, by the offer from British Coal to lease a block of coal in the mine to Caledonian Mining Company, who intend to extract the coal using their own equipment and manpower, a direct threat to British Coal employees; and considers this to be a slur upon the abilities of Ellington Colliery's miners, whose efforts are beyond reproach, and an attempt to partially privatise the mine before Parliament considers the issue.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1403 

Session

1992-93

Subjects

British Coal Corporation Privatisation Profits Northumberland Caledonian Mining Company

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk