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Question time, formally known as questions without notice, is an institution in the Commonwealth Parliament and in all state parliaments. Questions to government ministers normally alternate between government members and the opposition, with the opposition going first.
A wide shot of Prime Minister's Questions in 2024, showing the House of Commons packed with members. Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs, officially known as Questions to the Prime Minister, while colloquially known as Prime Minister's Question Time) is a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom, currently held as a single session every Wednesday at noon when the House of Commons is ...
Question Period lasts 45 minutes pursuant to Standing Order 30(5), [4] beginning no later than 2:15 pm or 11:15 am, as the case may be. Typically, 2:15 pm is the start time for Question Period Monday through Thursday, with Question Period starting at 11:15 am on Fridays.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking during First Minister's Questions, September 2021. In Scotland, First Minister's Questions (often abbreviated to FMQs) is a weekly question time session held when the Scottish Parliament is sitting, during which Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) may question the First Minister. [3]
Question Hour is the first hour of a sitting session of the Lok Sabha devoted to questions that Members of Parliament raise about any aspect of administrative activity. The concerned Minister is obliged to answer to the Parliament , either orally or in writing, depending on the type of question raised.
In Australian politics, a Dorothy Dixer is a rehearsed or planted question asked of a government Minister by a backbencher of their own political party during Parliamentary Question Time. [1] The term can be used in a mildly derogatory sense, but in common usage today is simply pre-arranged questions from a friendly audience member.
Parliament has been formally prorogued by a king for the first time in more than 70 years, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II – the UK’s longest-reigning sovereign.
Julia Gillard's misogyny speech was a parliamentary speech delivered by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard in parliament during Question Time on 9 October 2012 in reaction to the opposition leader Tony Abbott accusing her of sexism.