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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 7 July 2014 (HL686), what is the aggregate value of the debt of the government, non-financial corporations, the household sector and financial institutions as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product for the United Kingdom, and for the other G7 countries.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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