Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:09 pm on 1 November 2016.
The leader of the house will be aware perhaps of a petition calling for justice in relation to the surplus in the mineworkers’ pension scheme. The petition has over 7,000 signatures and the surplus in the pension scheme has contributed billions to the Treasury. Can we have a statement from the Government urgently in order to secure a review of the miners’ pension surplus so that it is no longer an endless cash cow for the British state? I think that, in light of yesterday’s disgraceful decision on the battle of Orgreave, former miners in this country need the Welsh Government firmly on their side.