51507
2017-19
1038
Anniversary Of The Start Of The 1984-85 Miners' Strike
Douglas Chapman
2018-03-08
That this House remembers the start of the miners' strike in March 1984 when five pits were announced for closure as part of the Government's restructuring of the coal industry; acknowledges the hardship and struggle endured by the miners and their families who faced losing their livelihoods; notes that the decline of the British coal industry had a devastating impact on mining communities, including those of the West Fife villages, in particular the closure of the Valleyfield Pit which made almost 1,000 workers redundant; recognises, on International's Women's Day, the particular impact on women in mining communities who were often at the heart of supporting their families and communities under very strained circumstances; further recognises the bravery of the striking miners across the UK and the maltreatment many of them were reportedly subjected to such, as those at Orgreave in the summer of 1984; and calls on the Government to reconsider launching an inquiry into the events at Orgreave to ensure that those responsible of any malpractice are held to account for their actions.
Coal
Industrial relations
Douglas Chapman
2018-03-08
Proposed
Dunfermline and West Fife
Scottish National Party
Martyn Day
2018-03-12
Seconded
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens
2018-03-12
Seconded
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Chris Law
2018-03-12
Seconded
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Mary Glindon
2018-03-12
Seconded
North Tyneside
Labour
David Linden
2018-03-13
Seconded
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Mike Hill
2018-03-13
Signed
Hartlepool
Labour
Jim Cunningham
2018-03-13
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Pete Wishart
2018-03-13
Signed
Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish National Party
Liz Saville Roberts
2018-03-14
Signed
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Plaid Cymru
Marie Rimmer
2018-03-14
Signed
St Helens South and Whiston
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2018-03-15
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Alan Brown
2018-03-15
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Carol Monaghan
2018-03-16
Signed
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
Joanna Cherry
2018-03-19
Signed
Edinburgh South West
Scottish National Party
Patrick Grady
2018-03-19
Signed
Glasgow North
Scottish National Party
Caroline Lucas
2018-03-20
Signed
Brighton, Pavilion
Green
Gavin Newlands
2018-03-26
Signed
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Scottish National Party
Peter Bottomley
2018-03-28
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Drew Hendry
2018-04-18
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party