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Mr. Ted Fletcher
asked the Minister of Power whether, in view of the proposals of the National Coal Board to reduce clerical and administrative staffs by 13,000 and to abolish the divisional offices, he will, in the public interest, issue a general direction to the National Coal Board to transfer their headquarters to a suitable centre of the coalmining industry in County Durham.
Mr. John Morris
No.