MPs debate Education and Social Mobility and NHS Funding
22 November 2016 (updated on 22 November 2016)
MPs debated education and social mobility in the House of Commons on Tuesday 22 November. The debate wass the first of two to take place on subjects chosen by the Opposition and was followed by a debate on NHS funding.
Education and Social Mobility
Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Angela Rayner, opened the debate for the opposition.
The Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening, responded on behalf of the Government.
MPs approved the opposition motion on education and social mobility, as amended by the Government, without a division.
- Watch Parliament TV: Education and Social Mobility
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- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Education
National Health Service Funding
Shadow Secretary of State for Health, Jonathan Ashworth, opened the debate for the Opposition.
The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, responded on behalf of the Government.
MPs approved the opposition motion on NHS funding, as amended by the Government, was approved without a division.
- Parliament TV: NHS funding
- Read Commons Hansard: NHS funding
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Health services and medicine
Related Information
About Opposition Day Debates
Opposition days are days allocated in the House of Commons in each session for the discussion of subjects chosen by the Opposition.
Seventeen days are at the disposal of the Leader of the Opposition, the leader of the largest opposition party, to decide which matters are debated. Three days are usually divided between the other opposition parties.
The Opposition generally use them to raise questions of policy and administration. Frequently, two separate subjects are debated on an opposition day.
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