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      ], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish an updated version of Tables 2 and 3 of their Non-elephant ivory trade: call for evidence, published on 30 May 2019, setting out data on the import and export of non-elephant ivory products in the UK in 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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