Urgent Question on data breaches: 26 October 2015
26 October 2015 (updated on 26 October 2015)
Minister of State for Digital Industries, Edward Vaizey, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills, Chi Onwurah, in the House of Commons on data breaches and consumer protection on Monday 26 October 2015.
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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.
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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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