EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTE ON COAL MINING

That this House notes with pleasure that in the European Parliament on 27th October a Motion critical of the Government's policy on coal mining was defeated, in spite of the present left-wing majority in the institution; welcomes speeches in support of the Government from many nationalities represented in the Parliament; and notes that this will be a disappointment to Mr Arthur Scargill, who had travelled to Strasbourg for the event.