Urgent Question on Burma: 05 November 2015
5 November 2015 (updated on 5 November 2015)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, James Duddridge MP, responded to an urgent question asked by Valerie Vaz, Labour MP for Walsall South in the House of Commons on the release of political activists and human rights ahead of the election in Burma.
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Related information
House of Commons Library analysis
The House of Commons Library produces briefing papers to inform MPs and their staff of key issues. The papers contain factual information and a range of opinions on each subject, and aim to be politically impartial.
The Library has published a briefing paper on the upcoming election in Burma which contains more information on this topic.
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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