MINERS' PENSIONS

Early day motion 791, tabled 13 February 1998 by Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru). Signed by 18 members.

That this House notes with dismay that the Government has taken ú748 million from miners' pension funds in order to help fund the long-awaited and much-needed compensation package for those suffering from emphysema and chronic bronchitis following the recent successful NACCODS court case; and calls on the Government not to take any more money from the Minworkers' Pension Scheme and the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme surpluses and to allow the money to be used for the benefit of pensioners and widows, and to introduce a comprehensive emphysema and chronic bronchitis compensation scheme for miners, quarrymen and their widows, funded by the Treasury.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Plaid Cymru 4, Scottish National Party 3, Liberal Democrat 1.