Urgent Question on Saudi penal system: 13 October 2015
13 October 2015 (updated on 13 October 2015)
Secretary of State for Justice, Michael Gove, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Shadow Minister for Justice, Andy Slaughter, on the contract for training needs analysis with the Saudi penal systems.
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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.
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