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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Financial Conduct Authority does not use the definition agreed by the International Labour Organisation of a co-operative society.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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