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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to instruct the Clinical Commissioning Groups in South East London to publish the evidence it relied on in developing its policy of not providing fertility treatment to single women.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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