Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Prisk and Sandra Osborne

Thursday 24th May 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Prisk]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The primary authority scheme, which was started by Labour, will be extended under this Government to ensure that the enforcement of regulation, which is often just as burdensome as the red tape itself, will be appropriate in that locality.

[Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab)]

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?