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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have made to publish an annual report on their knowledge asset holdings and progress in exploitation of them, as set out in the terms of reference of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study; and when they expect to publish the first such report.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Office for Budget Responsibility's (OBR) model for forecasting business investment, in the light of business investment growth consistently falling below OBR forecasts and remaining \u201csignificantly weaker than expected\u201d according to its Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published in March.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps have been taken to date to improve coordination across Government departments through the Fusion Doctrine; and in which departments and under which co-ordinating ministers is the work being done to ensure that the UK has the relevant staff and private sector engagement to prevent and respond to hybrid threats.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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