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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1589", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Banks"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/155715/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The UK Space Agency was created in April 2011 as one of the recommendations of the 2010 Space Innovation and Growth Strategy. The Agency's positive impact on the space sector's growth was welcomed by the House of Commons' Select Committee on Science and Technology in 2013.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3919", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Bob Stewart"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1498", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Mark Williams"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4109", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy"}
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