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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding the UK has provided to COVAX; and what proportion of this is expected to be spent on (1) Sinovac, and (2) Sinopharm vaccines.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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