Opposition Day: MPs debate Trident and HMRC office closures

Trident

The debate was moved by Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader for Defence, Brendan O'Hara. Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, responded on behalf of the Government.

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HMRC office closures

The debate was moved by Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader for Fair Work and Employment, Hannah Bardell. The Financial Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, responded on behalf of the Government.

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Related information

About Opposition day debates

Opposition days are days allocated in the House of Commons in each session for the discussion of subjects chosen by the Opposition.

Seventeen days are at the disposal of the Leader of the Opposition, the leader of the largest opposition party, to decide which matters are debated.

Three days are usually divided between the other opposition parties.

The Opposition generally use them to raise questions of policy and administration. Frequently, two separate subjects are debated on an opposition day.

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