Urgent question on exclusion of journalist from Russia
9 February 2011
Minister for Europe, David Lidington, responded to an urgent question asked by Chris Bryant, Labour MP for Rhondda on the exclusion of Guardian journalist, Luke Harding, from Russia
- Video and Audio: Russia (Exclusion of Journalist)
- Commons Hansard: Russia (Exclusion of Journalist)
- Glossary: Urgent questions
Urgent questions
Urgent questions are asked at the end of Question Time. If something has happened, usually a matter of public importance, which an MP believes requires an immediate answer from a government minister, he may apply to the Speaker to ask an urgent question.
If the Speaker agrees, the question will be asked at the end of Question Time.