I refer the hon. Member to the letter I sent to him today. A copy is attached here, and has been placed in the Library of the House.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1467", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Witney"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Cameron"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/346868/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "2015.06.03 PM to Paul Flynn MP.pdf"} , "title" : "2016.06.03 PM to Paul Flynn MP"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-03T14:48:30.34Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "23"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Prime Minister"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Prime Minister"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-05-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prime Minister's Questions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Prime Minister, what his policy is on reform of Prime Minister's Questions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/545", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Flynn"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newport West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paul Flynn"} ], "uin" : "103"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227755", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227755/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.<\/em><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) value for money assessment and (b) technical appraisal he has made of (i) the Pegasus project for uranium enrichment and (ii) the Mensa Project on assembling and disassembling nuclear warheads at AWE Aldermaston; and if he will publish that assessment and that appraisal.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on who authorised the distribution of publicity information for EDF Energy in communications sent to local residents by Somerset County Council and Sedgemoor District Council.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the report by the Zero Carbon Hub on Assessing Overheating Risk, published in March 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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