Urgent Question on Mental Health Taskforce report: 23 February 2016
23 February 2016 (updated on 23 February 2016)
Minister for Health, Alastair Burt MP, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Luciana Berger MP, in the House of Commons on the Government’s response to the final report of the Independent Mental Health Taskforce on Tuesday 23 February 2016.
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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.
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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