Urgent Question on Yarl's Wood immigration detention centre
3 March 2015 (updated on 3 March 2015)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Home Office, Karen Bradley, responded to an urgent question asked by Keith Vaz, Labour MP for Leicester East in the House of Commons on Yarl's Wood immigration detention centre.
Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, 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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