Urgent Question: Prison overcrowding crisis
16 June 2014 (updated on 16 June 2014)
Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Sadiq Khan, asked an Urgent Question on the Government's response to the prison overcrowding crisis.
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Chris Grayling, responded on behalf of the Government.
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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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