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Westminster Hall
Scottish Affairs Committee in 2024-25 and Industrial Transition - Thu 05 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Elaine Stewart (Lab - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) The first came with the collapse of the coal mines and the decline of textile industries, which had a - Speech Link
2: Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) My constituency of Bathgate and Linlithgow has a proud industrial tradition, from mining and manufacturing - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
County Durham: Cultural Opportunities - Tue 20 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) They did not just extract coal; they built entire communities. - Speech Link
2: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) Of course, it was the railway that took the coal from Newcastle down to London. - Speech Link
3: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab - City of Durham) Auckland’s bid to be the town of culture.Such events are the social glue that keep our rural and ex-mining - Speech Link
4: Nicholas Dakin (Lab - Scunthorpe) The culture of County Durham, with its brass bands, mining banners, railways and art—of course, I loved - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Ajax Programme - Wed 14 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Gerald Jones (Lab - Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare) opportunities are vital to the ongoing regeneration of the valleys—an area where heavy industry, such as coal - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Mining: Pollution - Thu 08 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) The town and the mine were named after Broken Hill in New South Wales, where lead mining also took place - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Norwich (Bshp - Bishops) The board recognises the systemic importance of mining to many of the other sectors upon which modern - Speech Link
3: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) It is difficult even to estimate the extent of mining which took place. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
UK Town of Culture - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Jayne Kirkham (LAB - Truro and Falmouth) Our mining industry has seen boom and bust, and now resurgence. - Speech Link
2: Allison Gardner (Lab - Stoke-on-Trent South) people, and the legacy of our great ceramic heritage, including our canals and our connections to coal - Speech Link
3: Sam Rushworth (Lab - Bishop Auckland) Our town’s proud industrial heritage is on display at the Mining Art Gallery, showcasing work of local - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Christmas Adjournment - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jon Trickett (Lab - Normanton and Hemsworth) watching the matter carefully in the coming days and weeks.My final point relates to the National Coal - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Quarries: Planning Policy - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Martin Wrigley (LD - Newton Abbot) a large clay quarry called Zitherixon, whose operators are trying to extend their permission for mining - Speech Link
2: Samantha Dixon (Lab - Chester North and Neston) should be given to the benefits of mineral extraction, including to the economy, except in relation to coal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
St Andrew’s Day and Scottish Affairs - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Graeme Downie (Lab - Dunfermline and Dollar) In Lanarkshire, Ayrshire, the Lothians and beyond, coal powered our factories, heated our homes and drove - Speech Link
2: Kirsteen Sullivan (LAB - Bathgate and Linlithgow) constituency, from the shale bings to the Pyramids business site, industry has constantly evolved from mining - Speech Link
3: Susan Murray (LD - Mid Dunbartonshire) From the enlightenment thinkers who reshaped modern science and democracy to the coal- miners, foundries - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 09 Dec 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nick Smith (Lab - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney) The Minister for pensions was brilliant at the Budget in helping our mining communities across the UK - Speech Link
2: Torsten Bell (Lab - Swansea West) He knows that we made an announcement at the Budget to ensure that the British Coal staff superannuation - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pension Schemes Bill
Report stage - Wed 03 Dec 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) the pension losses incurred by former employees of AEA Technology.New clause 2—Transfer of British Coal - Speech Link
2: Ann Davies (PC - Caerfyrddin) The coal mining legacy of south Wales extends to my constituency of Caerfyrddin, with the Amman and Gwendraeth - Speech Link