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Mr. Flannery
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost to date in lost income tax revenue of the coal strike.
Mr. Moore
There are revenue gains as well as losses arising from the coal strike, but up to the end of 1984, the direct loss of income tax revenue from miners on strike is estimate to be between £150 million and £200 million.