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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the decision not to renew the 50 to 64-year-old flu vaccination programme on (a) public health, (b) the economy and (c) NHS and social care capacity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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