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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100103", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/99783", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on mutualising Jobcentre Plus.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 246W, in which months the investigations by HM Revenue and Customs commenced against each of the 25 firms named and shamed for breach of the National Minimum Wage by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 8 June 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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