Urgent Question on Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
3 November 2015 (updated on 3 November 2015)
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, Thérèse Coffey, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Christopher Chope, Conservative MP for Christchurch, in the House of Commons on the rationale that was applied in determining which current members of the UK delegation should be reappointed to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Chris Bryant, 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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