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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they have received that the research supported by UK Research and Innovation on vaccine responses in groups of immune-supressed individuals is adequate to support advice on responses for all blood cancers; and whether they have consulted Blood Cancer UK on this matter.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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