MPs debate fairness and inequality
11 February 2014
MPs debated fairness and inequality in the House of Commons on 11 February 2014. The subject of the debate was chosen by Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party.
Debate on fairness and inequality
The debate was moved by Plaid Cymru MP, Jonathan Edwards, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Stephen Crabb, responded on behalf of the Government.
The Opposition motion was negatived on division (Ayes 11 votes, Noes 287 votes, Division No. 209).
- Read the motion for debate in the Order Paper: Main Business item number 2
- Watch Parliament TV: Opposition Debate on fairness and inequality
- Read Commons Hansard: Opposition Debate on fairness and inequality
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Public expenditure
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Incomes and poverty
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About Opposition day debates
Opposition days are days allocated in the House of Commons in each session for the discussion of subjects chosen by the Opposition.
Seventeen days are at the disposal of the Leader of the Opposition, the leader of the largest opposition party, to decide which matters are debated. Three days are usually divided between the other opposition parties.
The Opposition generally use them to raise questions of policy and administration. Frequently, two separate subjects are debated on an opposition day.
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