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MPs have accepted a motion which said Margaret Thatcher’s government “misled the public” about pit closure plans during the 1984 miners’ strike.

The motion, tabled by the Labour Party for an Opposition Day debate in the Commons, was not opposed by Government MPs when Speaker John Bercow called it to a vote on Tuesday evening.

It meant the Commons accepted the terms of the motion, which also said the government of the day had sought to “influence police tactics”, without a division of MPs.

The claims are made on the basis of Cabinet papers released under the 30-year rule earlier this year and on which Labour MPs had previously claimed demonstrated untruths.

Cabinet papers from the 1980s released by the National Archives indicated the late Baroness Thatcher’s government had secret plans to close 75 pits and considered sending in troops to break the 1984/85 strike.

During the debate, Labour said Parliament must face up to the failures of the miners’ strike in the same way as Bloody Sunday and Hillsborough.

Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith said: “The revelations from Cabinet Papers that Thatcher’s government misled the public about the extent of the pit closure programme and sought to influence police tactics during the Miners’ Strike, did not come as a surprise to people in Wales.

“We witnessed first-hand the devastation caused by the Tory government’s politically motivated attack on our industrial working class communities.

“I’ll never forget the sense of injustice those of us stood on the picket lines felt during the strikes in 1984 and 1985.

“At the very least it is now time that Parliament formally recognised the damage Tory ministers of that day caused to our communities and the long term economic consequences of the pit closure programme.

“Parliament also needs to provide a commitment to continue regeneration work in coalfield communities, as part of a wider programme to boost growth in Britain’s regions.”

He added: “Evidence of the disdain with which Margaret Thatcher, and her Tory government, treated the people of Wales, highlights the damage right wing parties cause our communities.”

Calling for transparency, Shadow Cabinet Office minister Michael Dugher said: “Just like Savile and Hillsborough, we must face up to the failures of the past, we must acknowledge the truth and we must learn from what happened.”

Conservative Conor Burns (Bournemouth West) told Mr Dugher: “Is this not one of the most desperate motions to come forward from the official Opposition - to attack a prime minister who is 18 months dead and cannot defend herself.

“Isn’t this motion not about the events of 30 years ago, it’s about trying to unite the Labour Party behind the desperate leadership of (Ed Miliband)?”