Urgent question on redundancies in the armed forces
3 March 2011 (updated on 3 March 2011)
Secretary of State for Defence, Liam Fox, responded to an urgent question asked by Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Jim Murphy, on the subject of redundancies in the armed forces.
Watch and read the response to the urgent question and find current parliamentary material on the armed forces in the Topics section of the Parliament website.
- Video and Audio: Armed Forces (Redundancies)
- Commons Hansard: Armed Forces (Redundancies)
- Commons news: Urgent quesion on Armed Forces redundancies
- Bills before Parliament 2010-11: Armed Forces Bill
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, 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.