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            <text>&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words" style="text-align:center;"&gt;FROM THE PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE AND THE CHIEF WHIP&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="text-align: right;" style="text-align:right;"&gt;(stamp: CLOSED UNDER &lt;br /&gt;THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION &lt;br /&gt;ACT 2000)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dear Mark&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words" style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;STATE OPENING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;I am writing to confirm that the Lord Privy Seal is willing to carry the Cap of Maintenance in the procession at State Opening.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yours&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="whitespace-normal break-words"&gt;SIMON BURTON &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;7 May 1997&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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