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Part of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities – in the House of Commons at on 22 April 2024.

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Photo of Simon Hoare Simon Hoare Chair, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

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