That is in addition to half the 7% first-year commission on such policies, he said.

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The Godiva coat was Mrs O'Connell's first commission after qualifying from a five-year part-time textile degree at Coventry University in 2008.

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This year's poll comes in the wake of the first report by the all-party Silk Commission, published last November.

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In the first three months of this year, the commission's model predicts growth of 0.1-0.4%, not far off the region's quarterly average of around 0.5%.

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