Urgent Question: Death of Luke Somers
8 December 2014 (updated on 8 December 2014)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Tobias Ellwood, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Keith Vaz, Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, on Monday 8 December 2014, on the death of Luke Somers and the safety of other British nationals in Yemen.
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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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