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- ↑ Paul Kenward at bloomberg.com
- ↑ A message from British Sugar MD, Paul Kenward at BritishSugar.co.uk
- ↑ Gilligan, Andrew (13 May 2018). "Drug minister Victoria Atkins's husband oversees cannabis farm". The Sunday Times.
- ↑ Sheebab Khan, Drugs minister accused of 'hypocrisy on a grand scale' over husband's involvement in legal cannabis farm in The Independent dated 17 May 2018
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- ↑ Mr P.R. Kenward and Miss V.M. Atkins - Engagements Announcements in The Daily Telegraph at announcements.telegraph.co.uk
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