Urgent question on Winterbourne View care home
8 June 2011 (updated on 8 June 2011)
Minister of State for Health, Paul Burstow, responded to an urgent question asked by Shadow Minister for Health, Emily Thornberry, on the Government's decision not to hold an external inquiry into abuse at the Winterbourne View care home.
Winterbourne View
The urgent question was asked in response to an investigation by the BBC's "Panorama" programme which reported abuse of vulnerable residents at the Winterbourne View care home in Bristol.
Watch and read the urgent question and the views expressed by MPs on Parliament TV and in Commons Hansard.
- Parliament TV: Urgent question on Winterbourne View Care Home
- Commons Hansard: Urgent question on Winterbourne View Care Home
- Topics: Community care
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.