Urgent Question on tackling child abuse: 17 July 2014
17 July 2014
Home Secretary, Theresa May, made a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday 17 July in response to an Urgent Question from Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, on tackling online child abuse.
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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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