“My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners’coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn’t scrub it out.”

Good temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language.

You’ve got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view.

No use fanning up hot coals when you have to walk across them.

The upward revision of import duty, from 1 per cent to over 4 per cent on steam coal imports, will adversely impact the industry, as it will lead to increase in cost of power generation.

The commencement of coal mining at Parsa Kente is a milestone event in coal mining sector.

Rumors of coal’s demise may have been greatly exaggerated.

And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.

America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.

For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.