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Miners' Concessionary Coal

Volume 484: debated on Monday 19 February 1951

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asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will introduce legislation enabling miners who do not wish to take all their concessionary coal to take money instead.

Today, in many districts of the coalfields, the miners can, and do, surrender part of their concessionary coal for cash, and there is no need for any change in the law.