The government says the coalfields were "allocated by the same procedure by previous governments".
New technology to capture gas from coalfields has recently boosted supplies, which could help keep prices down.
Since it resembles a huge lump of coal, the craters on its surface have been named after coalfields.
The spark came from Middlesbrough's location on the river Tees, which made it an ideal port for nearby coalfields.
The Cannock Chase coalfields once supported as many as 48 coal mines - the last, Littleton, closing in 1993.
India's parliament has been stalled for the sixth consecutive day over the controversial sale of coalfields by the government.
Ms Lamont's original motion called for the Coalfields Regeneration Trust funding to be sustained at existing levels during the next spending period.
Daw Mill is the last remaining deep mine on the Warwickshire coalfields.
Brock, who is thirty-three, is a Southern chef, and he grew up in the coalfields of Virginia, not far from the Kentucky border.
The sale of coalfields has been dubbed "Coalgate" by the opposition.
Labour's candidate Shaun Wright is the current vice-chairman of South Yorkshire Police Authority, a magistrate, a school governor and a trustee of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
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Simmered all day in a cast-iron pot with a big slug of fatback, brown beans have warmed the bodies and souls of many hardworking men and women of the Appalachian coalfields.
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