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摘要

As industry figures gathered in early November for this year's sixth and final meeting of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), one key person was missing: the group's co-chair, construction minister Nadhim Zahawi. The day before, parliament had been dissolved ahead of the general election, so Mr Zahawi was no longer an MP but according to the conventions of pre-election purdah, he still held his ministerial responsibilities.