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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition

Part of QNR – in the Senedd at on 3 March 2021.

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Photo of Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones Plaid Cymru

(Translated) Will the Counsel General make a statement on the future of the shellfish industry after leaving the European Union?

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