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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1188947/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Dates for a rescheduled conference in 2021, hosted in Glasgow by the UK in partnership with Italy, will be set out in due course following further discussion with parties.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-04-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Climate Change Convention: Glasgow"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4608", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Lamont"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4608", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Lamont"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates his Department has made of how many drivers in (a) the Scottish Borders, (b) Scotland, and (c) the UK will benefit from the MOT extension due to the covid-19 outbreak.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wells"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Lamont"}
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