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Question Time in the British House of Commons

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Within the past hundred years, the practice of asking questions of members of the ministry has grown up as a fixed part of the ordinary procedure of the House of Commons. Within a broad range of subjects, and governed only by a group of rules which are interpreted rather liberally by the Speaker as to subject-matter and form, each member is allowed to put three questions for oral answer on each parliamentary day except Friday, and as many for written answer as he desires. He must give a clear day's notice by handing his questions to the clerks for publication in the Orders of the Day. Questions may also be put by “private notice,” in which case, instead of printed notice, the member gives written notice to the minister concerned and to the Speaker. With permission of the Speaker and the indulgence of the House, inquiries on matters of current public interest are sometimes made without any formal notice.

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  • McCulloch, Robert W., 1933. "Question Time in the British House of Commons," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 27(6), pages 971-977, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:27:y:1933:i:06:p:971-977_02
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