MPs debate prisons and school funding
25 January 2017 (updated on 25 January 2017)
MPs debated prisons on Wednesday 25 January in the House of Commons, in the first of two debates to take place on subjects chosen by the Opposition. The second Opposition debate was on school funding.
Prisons
The debate was moved by Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Richard Burgon. Secretary of State for Justice, Liz Truss, responded on behalf of the Government.
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School funding
The debate was moved by Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Angela Rayner. Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening, responded on behalf of the Government.
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Related information
About Opposition day debates
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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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