14 January 2013
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office, Alistair Burt, responded to an urgent question in
the House of Commons on Monday 14 January 2013 on the attacks on
civilians in Kachin State in Burma.
The question was asked by Valerie Vaz, Labour MP for Walsall South.
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 relevantgovernment 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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- Watch Urgent Question on attacks on civilians in Burma live on Parliament TV from 3.30pm [Question commences at 15:34:05 on media player]
Urgent questions
At times MPs may want to put an urgent question to aThe relevant
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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