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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of money received at post office branches for the payment of bills to HM Treasury in each year from 2004 to 2014; and how many payments there were in each of those years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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