Urgent Question on National Infrastructure Plan
4 December 2013 (updated on 4 December 2013)
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Chris Leslie, asked an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on the National Infrastructure Plan on Wednesday 4 December 2013. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, responded on behalf of the Government.
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Related Information
National Infrastructure Plan 2013
The Government published the latest updates of the national infrastructure plan and the investment pipeline that goes with it on Wednesday 4 December 2013.
House of Commons Library Analysis
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About urgent questions
At times MPs may want to put an urgent question to a Minister. If a matter of public importance has arisen, which an MP believes requires an immediate answer from a government minister, they may apply to the Speaker to put forward such a question.
The relevant government department would be informed at once. If the Speaker agrees, the question will be asked after that day’s Question Time.
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