Urgent question: the role of UK armed forces in Iraq
15 December 2014 (updated on 15 December 2014)
Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, Vernon Coaker, in the House of Commons on the role of the UK armed forces in Iraq, on Monday 15 December 2014.
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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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