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Debate between Lord Willetts and Sandra Osborne
Thursday 24th May 2012

(12 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sandra Osborne Portrait Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab)
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Sixty redundancies have been announced today at the open-cast mine at Kirkconnel. It is in the constituency of the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, but it will affect my constituency in east Ayrshire. What are the Government doing to support the coal industry?

Lord Willetts Portrait Mr Willetts
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Earlier this week we produced our energy strategy, which involves ensuring not just a fair deal for consumers, but sustaining investment in energy in Britain.