Pit closures inquiry

Title

Pit closures inquiry

Genre

News report; Interview; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

27 Jan 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:58

Description

Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on the Trade and Industry Select Committee inquiry into the government’s coal mine closure programme which is expected to recommend half or more of the 31 pits be saved and call for subsidising of the coal industry. Interviews with Conservative committee member Dr Michael Clark and Conservative MP, Winston Churchill. Also exchange at Prime Minister’s Question Time between Labour Party Leader John Smith and Leader of the House Tony Newton (standing in for John Major) over coal industry reform. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

John Smith; Tony Newton; Kevin Murphy; Michael Clark; Winston Churchill (b. 1940)

Keywords

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

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