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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the (1) economic, (2) political, and (3) security, situation in Burkina Faso.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the situation in Burkina Faso; and what steps he is taking to support a political transition in that country that is based on democratic principles and the rule of law.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1447", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Rosindell"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1447", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Rosindell"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101729", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
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