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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 March 1993.

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Photo of Jonathan Evans Jonathan Evans , Brecon and Radnor 12:00, 29 March 1993

Is my hon. Friend aware that on the journey between Tredegar and Ebbw Vale he went past a monument located in the Constituency of the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent (Mr. Smith)? It is three stones which commemorate Aneurin Bevan, who represented the area for 30 years. The three stones represent the communities of Tredegar, Ebbw Vale and Rhymney—three areas to be brought together under the proposals of my hon. Friend.

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