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Urgent questions are a category of oral questions that allow all MPs not in the Government to put a question to a minister without the usual notice required for oral question time and without the need to be drawn in a ballot.
Number of Urgent Questions in the House of Commons since 1997 - House of Commons Library (38 KB , Excel Spreadsheet)
This chart is also available in the full report.
The urgent questions procedure, governed by Standing Order 21(2), allows Members to apply to the Speaker to request that a minister come to the House to make a statement (and take questions) on an important issue at short notice. Notice of an application for an urgent question must be given to the Speaker’s Office in advance of that day’s sitting. The Speaker gives permission if in his opinion the question is:
The Speaker’s Office contacts the Member to let them know whether or not their application has been successful but does not provide feedback on unsuccessful requests. The text of the urgent question, ministerial response and supplementary questions can be found by following the links in the document and sprradsheet.
Notes:
Urgent questions in the House of Lords are still known as private notice questions. Peers can apply to the Lord Speaker to ask a private notice question. If granted, the relevant government department is informed immediately and the question is asked at the end of Question Time.
See the Commons Library briefing on Parliamentary Questions: recent issues for more information on parliamentary questions.
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Number of Urgent Questions in the House of Commons since 1997 - House of Commons Library (38 KB , Excel Spreadsheet)
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