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Urgent Question on the financial performance of the NHS

12 October 2015 (updated on 12 October 2015)

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Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Quality, Ben Gummer, responded to an Urgent Question from Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Heidi Alexander, on the financial performance of the NHS, on Monday 12 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.

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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