Dennis Skinner on pit closures

Title

Dennis Skinner on pit closures

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:06:51

Description

The Trade and Industry Select Committee inquiry into the government’s coal mine closure programme is expected to recommend up to 20 of the 31 pits be saved. A delegation of Labour MPs led by Dennis Skinner have appealed to the President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine to subsidise coal mines and save them. Mike Carlton? interviews Dennis Skinner over the phone, he calls for a government u-turn and not to make more people unemployed.

Contributors

Dennis Skinner; Mike Carlton?

Keywords

Reports; Public finance; Unemployment; Michael Heseltine; Coal industry; Coal mines; Mine closures

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