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Apr 2025
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Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Cardiff. Joining Fiona on the panel: Labour's Chris Bryant, the Conservatives' Mims Davies, Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth, columnist and broadcaster Emily Sheffield, and trade unionist Shavanah Taj

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