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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/738", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner report OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, published on 31 August, which found that human rights violations against the Uyghur population \"may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity\", what steps they are taking in response to that finding.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4471", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachael Maskell"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1447", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Rosindell"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4547", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Polak"}
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