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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/105752", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government when they expect payments of the $5.4 billion pledged for reconstruction in Gaza to begin; and who will be responsible for collecting the pledges, and for supervising payments for work done.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106035/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library of the House. It would not be appropriate to publish DFID details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are so small.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3917", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Walney"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/106036", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Development"}
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