Hr. Bowe og jeg selv stod, som britiske medlemmer af Europa-Parlamentet, over for lobbyister fra Storbritannien, der sagde ligeud, at hvis vi vedtog Parlamentets ændringsforslag, ville det blive nødvendigt at lukke alle de britiske miner, der fortsat er i drift.
Mr Bowe and I, as British Members of the European Parliament, were faced with lobbies from Britain basically saying that if we adopted the Parliament's amendments, the British coal mines which are still in production would all have to close down.