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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of increasing the minimum earnings thresholds for skilled foreign workers on the fisheries sector in Northern Ireland.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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