Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 17 October 2017.
Angela Burns
Conservative
1:30,
17 October 2017
Indeed, you do have a proven track record on that, and I really welcome it. I recognise that your Government has attracted considerable investment into the whole life sciences business, which, in our country, employs some 11,000 people. I’m very concerned though about what might happen as a consequence of Brexit, and I wondered what—[Interruption.]
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