Urgent Question: Rolls Royce job cuts
5 November 2014 (updated on 5 November 2014)
Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), Matthew Hancock, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Chris Williamson, Labour MP for Derby North, in the House of Commons on Rolls Royce job cuts.
Shadow Minister (Business Innovation and Skills), Iain Wright, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.
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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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