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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what assessment they have made of the Citizens Advice Bureau report <i>Catching Up: improving council tax arrears collection<\/i> published on 8 July, and of why that report does not refer to the guidance to local councils on good practice in the collection of council tax arrears in respect of vulnerable people published by the Department for Communities and Local Government in June 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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