Core cities urgent question
9 December 2011 (updated on 9 December 2011)
Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark responded to an urgent question asked by Hilary Benn, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in the House of Commons on 8 December 2011 on Core cities
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Urgent questions
Urgent questions are asked at the end of Question Time. If something has happened, normally a matter of public importance, which an MP believes requires an immediate answer from a government minister, they may apply to the Speaker to ask an urgent question.
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