Urgent Question: Universal Credit
10 December 2013 (updated on 10 December 2013)
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pension, Rachel Reeves, asked an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on the future plans for the delivery of Universal Credit on Tuesday 10 December 2013. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, responded on behalf of the Government.
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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.
Once the MP has asked the main question, they are allowed to ask a supplementary question. Other MPs will then be called to ask further questions on the same subject.
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