Written question asked by Gerry Steinberg (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 February 1988. It was answered by Lord Spicer (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 February 1988 on behalf of the Department of Energy.

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Written question

Question

What steps are taken to ensure compliance with law dealing with the scale of private opencast coal operations laid down in section 36 of Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946; if there are any plans to seek to amend current legal limit on the scale of such operations in light of evidence given by Sir Robert Haslam to Select Committee on Energy on British Coal's practice as regards interpretation of current rules - Incl ref to 122 c1362

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

127 c686W;127 c684W

Session

1987-88

Subjects

British Coal Corporation Private sector Mining Production Opencast mining Energy Committee Haslam, Lord

Legislation

Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946

Opencast Coal Act 1958