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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport of 1 March 2018, Official Report, column 965, on the Leveson Inquiry, if he will publish the total proportion of respondents to the government consultation on the Leveson inquiry including (a) directly and (b) people who signed petitions that were in favour of reopening that inquiry.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1388", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has invested in the roll-out of superfast broadband in the South West.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4450", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Luke Hall"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/851516", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
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