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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the advice of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe that if Turkey proceeds to purchase the Russian S-400 air defence system it should receive no delivery of F-35 aircraft.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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