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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Leader of the House what was the average time in (1) the 2015\u201316 Session, and (2) each of the last five Sessions before that, between the publication of a select committee report and its being debated; and how many select committee reports published in the 2015\u201316 Session and the previous five Sessions were undebated (1) 12 months, and (2) six months, after publication.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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