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id="S6CV0181P0-06054">To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what initiatives his Department is following to ensure that Northern Ireland industry is able to respond to the completion of the single European market in 1992.</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="hentry member_contribution" id="S6CV0181P0-06055"><a name="S6CV0181P0_19901122_CWA_276"> </a> <blockquote cite="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-richard-needham" class="contribution_text entry-content"><a class="speech-permalink permalink" href="https://api-parliament-uk.translate.goog/historic-hansard/written-answers/1990/nov/22/single-european-market?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#S6CV0181P0_19901122_CWA_276" title="Link to this speech by Mr Richard Needham" rel="bookmark">§</a> <cite class="member author entry-title"><a href="https://api-parliament-uk.translate.goog/historic-hansard/people/mr-richard-needham?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Mr Richard Needham">Mr. 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