Urgent Question on review into child sexual exploitation in Oxfordshire
3 March 2015 (updated on 3 March 2015)
Secretary of State for Education, Nicky Morgan, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Andrew Smith, Labour MP for Oxford East in the House of Commons on the serious case review into child sexual exploitation in Oxfordshire.
Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Tristram Hunt, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.
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Related information
Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board
Further information on the serious case review can be found here.
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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