Urgent Question on situation in Aleppo: 28 November 2016
28 November 2016 (updated on 28 November 2016)
Alison McGovern, MP for Wirral South, asked an Urgent Question on the situation in Aleppo.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Tobias Ellwood, responded on behalf of the Government.
- Watch the Urgent Question on the situation in Aleppo on Parliament TV
- Read Commons Hansard: Urgent Question on the situation in Aleppo
- Read current Parliamentary material in Topics: Middle East
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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