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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of local councils, if any, refusing to give ashes to families after public health funerals; and what is their response to reports of such practices.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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