Urgent question on BSkyB
1 July 2011 (updated on 1 July 2011)
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt, responded to an urgent question asked by Tom Watson, MP for West Bromwich East, on Thursday 30 June on the News Corporation acquisition of BSkyB.
Watch and read the urgent question and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard.
- Parliament TV: Urgent Question on BSkyB
- Commons Hansard: Urgent Question on BSkyB
- Topics: Broadcasting
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.
If the Speaker agrees, the question will be asked at the end of Question Time.
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