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Closure Of Coventry Colliery

EDM number 148 in 1991-92, proposed by Dennis Skinner on 13/11/1991.

That this House condemns British Coal for its closure of the Coventry Colliery at Keresley with the loss of 1,300 jobs, completed in a mere 13 days from the announcement of the decision to the working of the last shift; believes that the pit is not abandoned but mothballed with 40 million tonnes of good quality reserves of medium sulphur content which will be kept on a care and maintenance basis until a link-up is organised by a privatised Daw Mill Colliery should the Government be re-elected; condemns British Coal's refusal to attend two meetings of local authority and parish councillors, local honourable Members of this House and church representatives and notes the absence at the meetings of 24th October and 11th November of the local Tory honourable members; and calls for a public inquiry into the methods of the closure and the false economics which talk of 'losses' yet fail to take into account the future cost to public funds of lost production and taxes paid, and of dole and unemployment payments to be made.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Dennis Skinner13/11/1991BolsoverProposed
Bob Cryer13/11/1991Bradford SouthSigned
Robert Parry14/11/1991Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Martin Redmond14/11/1991Don ValleySigned
Robert Litherland14/11/1991Manchester CentralSigned
Bill Michie14/11/1991Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Keith Bradley14/11/1991Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Ronnie Campbell14/11/1991Blyth ValleySigned
Frank Cook14/11/1991Stockton NorthSigned
Harry Barnes14/11/1991North East DerbyshireSigned
Tony Banks15/11/1991Newham North WestSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe18/11/1991LeighSigned
Jeremy Corbyn19/11/1991Islington NorthSigned
Alexander Eadie19/11/1991MidlothianSigned
Alan Meale19/11/1991MansfieldSigned
Geoffrey Lofthouse19/11/1991Pontefract & CastlefordSigned
Eric Illsley20/11/1991Barnsley CentralSigned
Martyn Jones20/11/1991Clwyd South WestSigned
Alice Mahon20/11/1991HalifaxSigned
Tommy Graham20/11/1991Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Irene Adams20/11/1991Paisley NorthSigned
Dennis Turner21/11/1991Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Michael Welsh21/11/1991Doncaster NorthSigned
Peter Pike22/11/1991BurnleySigned
Roy Hughes22/11/1991Newport EastSigned
Ken Livingstone27/11/1991Brent EastSigned
Eddie Loyden28/11/1991Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Jack Thompson03/12/1991WansbeckSigned

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