Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 28
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Urgent questions remain a vital and effective mechanism for holding ministers to account.
Conclusion
Urgent questions are the most effective and timely remedy currently available to Members to hold ministers to account in the absence of an oral statement. The Speaker holds important powers to protect the interests of 38 the House and, despite the concerns expressed about the onus this puts on the Speaker to ensure a reasonable level of accountability, we recognise that urgent questions are a vital mechanism to help hold the government of the day to account. (Conclusion, Paragraph 85)