Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 13 Rhagfyr 1973.
I absolutely repudiate everything that the hon. Gentleman is saying. He may recall that it was after my meeting with the NUM that Mr. Gormley, the president, proposed that the whole matter should be put to a ballot in the coalfields. That was not done, because he was defeated by other members of the executive.