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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101756", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101756/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Higher Education Institutions are autonomous and responsible for managing their own estates.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Since 2008 the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has provided £61 million in repayable grants to HE institutions to support projects which save money and reduce carbon emissions. A further £34m is being made available over the next two years.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Decisions on which institutions will benefit from this support will be announced early in the New Year. A large number of the project applications are for LED lighting.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>FE colleges, as autonomous institutions, will make their own decisions on embracing sustainability principles across their estates. Criteria for funding from the Department included requirements for projects to achieve high levels of environmental performance.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1578", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Greg Clark"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Greg Clark"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Lighting"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will issue guidance to higher and further education institutions on implementing a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in their buildings.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/35", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Bob Russell"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Bob Russell"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101773", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Culture Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101773/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><em>The Government has no plans to carry out such an assessment. The UK registry is one of the most open, trusted and competitive in the world and Nominet consulted extensively before the introduction of the new .uk domain names, including with the Government. <\/em><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3952", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chesterfield"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Toby Perkins"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101780", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Culture Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101780/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><em>The Government responded to the Nominet consultation regarding .uk domain names and supported stronger protection for holders of .<\/em><a href=\"http://co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>co.uk<\/em><\/a><em> domain names in order to protect existing brands and avoid consumer confusion. Officials subsequently met with officials from Nominet to discuss Nominet's revised approach following consultation responses from all stakeholders.<\/em><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on Nominet's policy of first offering the new .uk domain names to the holder of the equivalent .co.uk domain.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3952", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Toby Perkins"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101789", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101789/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government takes the issue of prompt payment seriously and respects some of the differences which prevail in the construction industry. We are taking a number of steps, including promoting project bank accounts, through Government procurement. More widely, the Industrial Strategy for Construction committed to developing a construction supply chain payment charter, which was published on 22 April. The Charter sets out 11 \u201cFair Payment Commitments\u201d including a commitment to reduce payment terms to a supply chain to 30 days from January 2018. The Leadership Council will encourage construction businesses from across the whole supply chain to comply with it.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3995", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Boles"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with specialist subcontractors in the construction industry on tackling late payment to small and medium-sized businesses.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1610", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr William Bain"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr William Bain"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101804", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/115", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that procurement regulations do not increase the administrative burden (a) on local authorities seeking to procure education services and (b) on providers seeking to tender for contracts for education services.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve McCabe"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101839", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Energy and Climate Change"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4070", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Hancock"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effect the investor protection clause of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will have on the number of legal challenges to the fracking industry.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101840", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to put in place a planning process for fracking which diverges from existing planning rules.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Bryant"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101842", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Bryant"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101843", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Energy and Climate Change"}
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