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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to take steps to simplify the application process for a Blue Badge for organisations that are required to prove that a service user is entitled to a Blue Badge.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to include provision for a tunnel under the widened section of the M1 south of Junction 25 to accommodate the restoration of the Derby and Sandiacre canal.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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