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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/207", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Vince Cable"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4531", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4363", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kate Hollern"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1047763", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
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