Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 3:15 pm on 17 June 2024.
David Honeyford
Alliance
3:15,
17 June 2024
I thank the Minister for his answer. I appreciate that he went quickly to the scene to witness it for himself and the passion with which he spoke about it. Will he agree to meet and listen directly to the local conservation and angling club there, which, in recent years, has done a great job to try to manage that section of river?
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