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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine West"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Catherine West"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/749392/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Foreign Secretary has not had any discussions with his North Korean counterpart. Following the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) intercontinental ballistic missile test of 4 July, I summoned the DPRK Ambassador to make clear the UK's condemnation of the test as a violation of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions and a threat to regional stability and international security.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine West"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/749393/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>\u200bI held a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador on 5 July in which I made clear that the British Government does not accept the position of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson that the Joint Declaration is an historical document of no practical significance. I stressed that on this basis, as a guarantor of the Joint Declaration, the British Government regards it as legitimate to continue to issue a six-monthly report to the House on Hong Kong affairs.<\/p><p>The Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Beijing also raised HMG concerns with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 5 July, stressing that the Joint Declaration is a legally binding treaty, registered with the UN. As a co-signatory, the British Government is committed to monitoring its implementation closely.<\/p>"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine West"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/749397", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
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