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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3952", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins"}
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      ], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to send ministerial level representation to the EU\u2013UN Brussels Conference on 30 June; and, if not, what steps they plan to take (1) to reach a political solution to the situation in Syria, and (2) to support the people living there.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3575", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Goudie"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1203486", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
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      ], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure meaningful women's participation in forthcoming political negotiations on Syria; and what steps they will take include a commitment to women's participation in (1) their verbal intervention in, and (2) the official outcome documents of, the EU\u2013UN Brussels Conference.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3575", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Goudie"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3943", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Edwards"}
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