Urgent Question on Patient Safety: 24 June 2014
24 June 2014 (updated on 24 June 2014)
Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, responded to an Urgent Question on patient safety asked by Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham, in the House of Commons on Tuesday 24 June 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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