Urgent Question on Government strategy against IS: 12 September 2014
12 September 2014 (updated on 12 September 2014)
Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, David Lidington, responded to an Urgent Question on Government strategy against IS, in the House of Commons on Friday 12 September 2014. The question was asked by John Baron, MP for Basildon and Billericay and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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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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